Henry David Thoreau

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

Henry David Thoreau

We only need to be as true to others as we are to ourselves, that there may be ground enough for friendship.

Henry David Thoreau

What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his notebook, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties!

Henry David Thoreau

What is called genius is the abundance of life or health.

Henry David Thoreau

What is human warfare but just this – an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party.

Henry David Thoreau

What is once well done is done forever.

Henry David Thoreau

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Henry David Thoreau

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can.

Henry David Thoreau

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

Henry David Thoreau

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

Henry David Thoreau