Wisdom Quote by Henry David Thoreau — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.”

“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

“Every blade in the field - Every leaf in the forest - lays down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up.”

“I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run.”

“Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.”

“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust.”

“A world in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

“No one can surely know what knowledge is without the presence of truth.”

“We, human beings , are strong because we are capable of change .”

“He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.”

“Never laugh at live dragons.”

“Wisdom is indispensable in the fulfillment of purpose".”