Henry David Thoreau

To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

Henry David Thoreau

To regret deeply is to live afresh.

Henry David Thoreau

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Henry David Thoreau

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Henry David Thoreau

We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.

Henry David Thoreau

We are constantly invited to be what we are.

Henry David Thoreau

We hear and apprehend only what we already half know.

Henry David Thoreau

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

Henry David Thoreau

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.

Henry David Thoreau

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Henry David Thoreau