More quotes by Henry David Thoreau

"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake."
"Dreams are the touchstones of our characters."
"I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."
"It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear."