Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Choices

• Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Opportunity, Believe In Yourself

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.16, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

• When we consider what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means of life, it appears as if men had deliberately chosen the common mode of living because they preferred it to any other. Yet they honestly think there is no choice left.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Wisdom, Mean, Men

  Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). “Thoreau: Political Writings”, p.27, Cambridge University Press

• A healthy man, with steady employment, as wood-chopping at fifty cents a cord, and a camp in the woods, will not be a good subjectfor Christianity. The New Testament may be a choice book to him on some, but not on all or most of his days. He will rather go a-fishing in his leisure hours. The Apostles, though they were fishers too, were of the solemn race of sea-fishers, and never trolled for pickerel on inland streams.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Bible, Faith, Book

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.96, Penguin

• With a little more deliberation in the choice of their pursuits, all men would perhaps become essentially students and observers, for certainly their nature and destiny are interesting to all alike.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Destiny, Men, Interesting

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.207, Penguin

• I am a good horse to travel, but not from choice a roadster. The landscape-painter uses the figures of men to mark a road. He would not make that use of my figure.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Travel, Horse, Men

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1115, Delphi Classics

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