Henry David Thoreau

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.

Henry David Thoreau

Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.

Henry David Thoreau

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

Henry David Thoreau

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

Henry David Thoreau

Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?

Henry David Thoreau

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Henry David Thoreau

On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend’s life also, in our own, to the world.

Henry David Thoreau

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors; for to dwell upon them is to add to the offense.

Henry David Thoreau

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Henry David Thoreau

Our horizon is never quite at our elbows.

Henry David Thoreau