More quotes by Henry David Thoreau

"Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience."
"It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear."
"He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair."
"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."
"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend."