Henry David Thoreau

The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.

Henry David Thoreau

The silence sings. It is musical. I remember a night when it was audible. I heard the unspeakable.

Henry David Thoreau

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

Henry David Thoreau

The sun is but a morning star.

Henry David Thoreau

The swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot.

Henry David Thoreau

The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.

Henry David Thoreau

The universe is wider than our views of it.

Henry David Thoreau

The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the character of individuals.

Henry David Thoreau

The voice of nature is always encouraging.

Henry David Thoreau

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in a single, solitary, even humble individual. For it is within the soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

Henry David Thoreau