Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. — Henry David Thoreau

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve. — Henry David Thoreau
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. — Henry David Thoreau
All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning. — Henry David Thoreau
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. — Henry David Thoreau
A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town. — Henry David Thoreau
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. — Henry David Thoreau