The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.Henry David Thoreau
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.Henry David Thoreau
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
Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.Henry David Thoreau
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
I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.Henry David Thoreau
