May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

We live but a fraction of our lives - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely; as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...

If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I'm sure that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for. - Henry David Thoreau. View more images...