Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body. — Henry David Thoreau

More from Henry David Thoreau

• If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

  — Henry David ThoreauCourage

• Man’s unquestionable ability to elevate his life by conscious endeavour is among the most encouraging of facts.

  — Henry David ThoreauGrowth

• The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

  — Henry David ThoreauSpiritual

• 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 ThoreauGrowth

All quotes by Henry David Thoreau →

Related words

• I sing the body electric.

  — Walt WhitmanSpiritual

• He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.

  — Lao TzuSpiritual

• Your breath is a door you can open without leaving the room.

  — Right Words MovementSpiritual