"When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight. Such a one might make a good shepherd's dog, but is far from being the Good Shepherd.”

“In winter we lead a more inward life. Our hearts are warm and cheery, like cottages under drifts.”

“It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.”

“One must learn to be silent just as one must learn to talk.”

“Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is not obsessed with being right?”

“The interest in life does not lie in what people do, nor even in their relations to each other, but largely in the power to communicate with a third party, antagonistic, enigmatic, yet perhaps persuadable, which one may call life in general.”

“Live from the heart of yourself”

“But above all, in order to be, never try to seem.”

“If there were already a path, it would have to be someone else's; the whole point is to find your own way.”