There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. Henry David Thoreau Nature
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. Henry David Thoreau Peace
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. Henry David Thoreau Society
As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society. Henry David Thoreau Society
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. Henry David Thoreau Time
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. Henry David Thoreau Truth
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive. Henry David Thoreau Imagination
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. Henry David Thoreau Nature
To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. Henry David Thoreau Nature
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Henry David Thoreau Nature
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. Henry David Thoreau Sad
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau Sports
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 Success
They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar. Henry David Thoreau Architecture
I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness. Henry David Thoreau Truth