![Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rcq1mGcQvEc/X1t5z11ryPI/AAAAAAAAI5E/wKLSbbYtO68u7T_G9QxqsdvQ6qHiSZZKACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/our-truest-life-is-when-we-are-in-dreams-awake.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Henry David Thoreau
![Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rcq1mGcQvEc/X1t5z11ryPI/AAAAAAAAI5E/wKLSbbYtO68u7T_G9QxqsdvQ6qHiSZZKACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/our-truest-life-is-when-we-are-in-dreams-awake.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7y8HyivBPtI/X1t6iYD4Z5I/AAAAAAAAJB8/DqW-wWyewyEgZBd5Kb9xdWfnOjIXOWCvACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/rather-than-love-than-money-than-fame-give-me-truth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
![The perception of beauty is a moral test.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N5wVciaThl8/X0bPcveXVVI/AAAAAAAAE2o/-BlGk_om1582eH3m6nOBNIHFgyyPVDzFQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-perception-of-beauty-is-a-moral-test-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-beauty.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The perception of beauty is a moral test.
![Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZhEVdr3y9n4/X1t2-Y6EiDI/AAAAAAAAIm8/ISzhSQTiwxo5ZmeSTlEuCOUUSjeoIVdWACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/night-is-certainly-more-novel-and-less-profane-than-day.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
![Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7U3nCRPgToA/X1thxWdjfbI/AAAAAAAAFz4/MCuRa_o1fx0YPq_pjg6VZqEFFD5MVUSZwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/beware-of-all-enterprises-that-require-new-clothes.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
![It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B8_aoTGzGi0/X1tvQOPT0rI/AAAAAAAAH1k/2kK93XRRKNE_6GBEHPu13bTeXzkUN5ZlQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-not-worth-the-while-to-let-our-imperfections-disturb-us-always.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
![It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-icSEc0g-PCU/X1tvb7Gnn1I/AAAAAAAAH3o/eQj7nbMpCmIDdJhvk3Ipw-oLkEXyTXvJgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-takes-two-to-speak-the-truth-one-to-speak-and-another-to-hear.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It takes two to speak the truth – one to speak and another to hear.
![Things do not change; we change.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DdJRrZP-VxU/X0bQDcd9gfI/AAAAAAAAE10/adsFlU7U0MQFImjQCvYwsvethz3_yR3bwCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/things-do-not-change-we-change-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-change.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Things do not change; we change.
![Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--G_EVhZ1LNM/X1uIOZ14ZzI/AAAAAAAAKH8/oQJjY-aE6MEgMpYgJLl8B59wsy6cUj0pgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/thank-god-men-cannot-fly-and-lay-waste-the-sky-as-well-as-the-earth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
![Men are born to succeed, not to fail.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NcuZCBG741Y/X1t2BAVeHzI/AAAAAAAAIbk/c3X9lX_fL9QrhYAK0uhzv1BKFgiDPlzcACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/men-are-born-to-succeed-not-to-fail.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
![Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GbSApf5j4t4/X1tizcu2ooI/AAAAAAAAGDQ/LxijDNowBr0_4sgZDj0mTPGLUs5DEiIjwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/disobedience-is-the-true-foundation-of-liberty.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.
![It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oomuWkyB50Q/X0bIfSQBi_I/AAAAAAAADnU/liRYyiOOlDoKx-L7GaTqwpB1pYnH2-P1gCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/it-is-best-to-avoid-the-beginnings-of-evil-quotes-by-henry-david-thoreau-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-best.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)