Henry David Thoreau

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

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.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.