Henry David Thoreau

Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.

Henry David Thoreau

Everyone must believe in something. I believe I’ll go canoeing.

Henry David Thoreau

For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, though I never received one cent for it.

Henry David Thoreau

Front yards are not made to walk in, but, at most, through, and you could go in the back way.

Henry David Thoreau

Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.

Henry David Thoreau

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

Henry David Thoreau

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.

Henry David Thoreau

Go where we will on the surface of things, men have been there before us.

Henry David Thoreau

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.

Henry David Thoreau

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau