Henry David Thoreau

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who…

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads…

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart it being…

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something…

Do what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it…

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with…

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim…

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the…

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life…

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns…

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost that…

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer…

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they…

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure…

Live the life you’ve dreamed…