Henry David Thoreau

"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity and trust."

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."

"The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them."

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined."

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

"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."

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

"Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate."

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."

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

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."

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

"Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day."

"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way."

"The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them."

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

"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."

"It's not worth our while to let our imperfections disturb us always."

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

"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life."