There is commonly sufficient space about us. Our horizon is never quite at our elbows.
Henry David ThoreauWhen we come down into the distant village, visible from the mountain-top, the nobler inhabitants with whom we peopled it have departed, and left only vermin in its desolate streets. It is the imagination of poets which puts those brave speeches into the mouths of their heroes.
Henry David ThoreauOne cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense.
Henry David ThoreauI have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.
Henry David Thoreau