More quotes by Henry David Thoreau

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."
"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 moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them."
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined."
"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society."