Quotes - Henry David Thoreau

"Men have become the tools of their tools."
- Henry David Thoreau

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,
to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I
could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came
to die, discover that I had not lived.
- Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which
distract our attention from serious things. They
are but improved means to an unimproved end.
- Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"

Goodness is the only investment that never fails
- Henry David Thoreau

"Any fool can make a rule,
and any fool will mind it."
- Henry David Thoreau

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which
distract our attention from serious things. They
are but improved means to an unimproved end.
- Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"