Henry David Thoreau

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak read more

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then.

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a read more

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true read more

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put read more

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.