Henry David Thoreau

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.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.