Henry David Thoreau

When we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen.

Henry David Thoreau

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.

Henry David Thoreau

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them.

Henry David Thoreau

While men believe in the infinite, some ponds will be thought to be bottomless.

Henry David Thoreau

Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.

Henry David Thoreau

You must not only aim aright, but draw the bow with all your might.

Henry David Thoreau

A slight sound at evening lifts me up by the ears, and makes life seem inexpressibly serene and grand. It may be in Uranus, or it may be in the shutter.

Henry David Thoreau

A taste for the beautiful is most cultivated out of doors.

Henry David Thoreau

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!

Henry David Thoreau

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

Henry David Thoreau