More quotes by 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."
"Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams."
"It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear."
"I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society."
"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success."