I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. Henry David Thoreau Friendship
True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. Henry David Thoreau Friendship
A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. Henry David Thoreau Car
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 War
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau Work
Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. Henry David Thoreau Faith
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau Life
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau Work
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. Henry David Thoreau Friendship
Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself. Henry David Thoreau Intelligence
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau Business
Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape! Henry David Thoreau Beauty
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau Inspirational