Henry David Thoreau Quotes

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.

I loved everyone who said yes to the world and tried to make it better instead of worse, because so much in the world was ugly- and just about all the ugly parts were due to humans.

Happiness for me is largely a matter of digestion.

A healthy man, indeed, is the complement of the seasons, and in winter, summer is in his heart.

A healthy person goes 'Yes,' 'No,' and 'Whoopee!' An unhealthy person goes 'Yes, but,' 'No, but,' and 'No whoopee.

My Dad taught me that good health is all about living in gratitude.

I live in a constant endeavor to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being firmly persuaded that every time a man smiles, but much more when he laughs, it adds some thing to his fragment of life.

The simple truth is that happy people generally don't get sick

Help and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.

In all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men.

You cannot become great women if you are not also good women. Great women respond generously to their instincts to do good.

For to see good put in action is what everybody needs.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.

It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.

My own share making contribution [to the the well-being of humanity]. So I never feel I am something special.

In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource at our disposal, to eliminate suffering.

Success, in every case, comes from the alchemy of your health, your mind, your positive energy, and the real world situations you persistently improve for yourself.

We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.

When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!

It's your obligation to speak the truth, and everyone can either take it or leave it. But truth must be in us. We live in such a poverty of truth today.

It's nice to be known as a good player. But I want to be known as a good person, too.

The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.