There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.Henry David Thoreau
No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.Henry David Thoreau
As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.Henry David Thoreau
Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.Henry David Thoreau
To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.Henry David Thoreau
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.Henry David Thoreau
The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.Henry David Thoreau
I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.Henry David Thoreau
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.Henry David Thoreau
