Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.

I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's why I don't live in Los Angeles. Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.

I don't feel I've arrived home until I get on the beach. All my life, the theater of the sea has been a very strong thing.

To escape and sit quietly on the beach - that's my idea of paradise.

There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude, and peace. The way of a canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten. It is an antidote to insecurity, the open door to waterways of ages past and a way of life with profound and abiding satisfactions. When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known.

I preferred to look at the sea, which said nothing and never made you feel alone.

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.

I now walk into the wild.

I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies.

I really feel that my body craves to be in the mountains or by the ocean or in the countryside.

I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors, and I still yearn for the absolute silence I experienced there when I was young.

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.

The mountains are calling and I must go.

It's not so much about killing an animal, it's being at peace and you don't have to worry about all the other things that go on. That's a couple of hours a week that you get to escape but it's nice to do that.

I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff we are bombarded with. I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

My soul lives in Montana. It's where I fly-fish for trout.

No phone. No pool. No pets. No cigarettes. Ultimate freedom... No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild.

Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter.

I crave time in Yosemite like I crave food and water.

While growing up, I used to go to the beach, as I used to find peace there.

I love being in the woods, when I can just walk barefoot in the grass and just sit down and breathe. I love that so much.

I just love being in the middle of nowhere.

I enjoy an easy jog. In the mountains, or the forest with my own thoughts, I can escape from the world for a bit.

I need my outdoors, my comfort.