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 on life
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 on life
There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold. Henry David Thoreau on life
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. Henry David Thoreau on life
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. Henry David Thoreau on love
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau on love
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau on love
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David Thoreau on love
Do what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Henry David Thoreau on love
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. Henry David Thoreau on love
Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. Henry David Thoreau on love
Those whom we can love, we can hate to others we are indifferent. Henry David Thoreau on love
May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! Henry David Thoreau on love
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. Henry David Thoreau on men
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. Henry David Thoreau on men
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau on men