"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence."

-- Henry David Thoreau

"If you want to be happy, be."

-- Thoreau

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success."

-- Thoreau

"I desire that there be as many different persons in the world as possible; I would have each one be very careful to find out and pursue his own way."

-- Thoreau

"I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on the earth is not a hardship but a pastime -- if we live simply and wisely."

-- Thoreau

"The society for which I was made for is not here."

-- Thoreau

"If the day and night are such that you greet them with joy, that is your success."

-- Thoreau

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation; in the heart of every man there lies a grave marked 'happiness' and for most of us the funeral has already been held."

-- Thoreau

"Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows."

-- Thoreau

"He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past."

-- Thoreau

"It is tranquil people who accomplish much."

-- Thoreau

"There is no more fatal blunder than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living."

-- Thoreau

"Surely joy is the condition of life."

-- Henry David Thoreau

"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler."

-- Thoreau

"There is no remedy for love but to love more."

-- Thoreau