I never found a companion that was so co... by Henry David Thoreau | We Heart Quotes

Author philosopher Solitude transcendentalism Naturalist

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

- Henry David Thoreau

Other quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Persuasion

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

- Henry David Thoreau

Roses

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

- Henry David Thoreau

Music Man

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

- Henry David Thoreau

This world is but canvas to our imaginations.

- Henry David Thoreau

Thought

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

- Henry David Thoreau

Nature Life

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

- Henry David Thoreau

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