There are continents and seas in the moral world, to which every man is an isthmus or inlet, yet unexplored by him.
Henry David ThoreauMost men I do not meet at all, for they seem not to have time; they are busy about their beans.
Henry David ThoreauHave no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.
Henry David ThoreauFollow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.
Henry David ThoreauA man's social and spiritual discipline must answer to his corporeal. He must lean on a friend who has a hard breast, as he wouldlie on a hard bed. He must drink cold water for his only beverage. So he must not hear sweetened and colored words, but pure and refreshing truths. He must daily bathe in truth cold as spring water, not warmed by the sympathy of friends.
Henry David Thoreau