Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth…

I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister…

— Stewart Udall

The language of friendship is not words but meanings. --Henry David Thoreau

— Henry David Thoreau

“Whenever I read anything by Henry David Thoreau I honestly feel as though he’s with me. No. More like I am with him.”

— Nicholas Trandahl

“Even Henry David Thoreau, not known for kvetching, wrote in The Maine Woods that he was “seriously molested” by bugs.”

— Michael Finkel

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify! Simplify! Henry David Thoreau”

— Jane Catherine Rozek

“The American Anti-Slavery Society, on the other hand, said the war was “waged solely for the detestable and horrible purpose of extending and perpetuating…

— Howard Zinn

“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. HENRY DAVID THOREAU”

— Stephen R. Covey

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations…

— Benjamin Graham

“My greatest skill has been to want little. —HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WALDEN A”

— Rolf Potts

“There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to…

— Dorothee Soelle

“What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is…

— Dan Millman

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” ~ Henry David Thoreau”

— Scott Leopold

“It's hard to explain, but it's related to me know that for every moment of beauty this place gives me, I probably miss a…

— Kirsty Eagar

Henry David Thoreau, who never earned much of a living or sustained a relationship with any woman that wasn't brotherly -- who lived mostly…

— Edward Hoagland

“My life itself was become my amusement and never ceased to be novel. It was a drama of many scenes and without an end.…

— Fumio Sasaki