The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried them further, in exposure to hardship and danger, than ever the New England colonist went, and led them, though not to clear and colonize the…

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

What you get by achieving your goals is to as important as what you become...

Live the life you've dreamed.

Live the life you've dreamed.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors...

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Poverty - it is life near the bone, where it is sweetest

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

There is only one path to Heaven. On Earth, we call it Love.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any...

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...