Henry David Thoreau

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

The generative energy, which, when we are loose, dissipates and makes us unclean, when we are continent invigorates and inspires us. Chastity is the flowering of man; and what are called Genius, Heroism, Holiness, and the like, are but various fruits which succeed it.

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.

Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve.

Be not simply good – be good for something.

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.

You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.

This ain’t my first rodeo son!

Everything intelligent is so boring.

You have to be odd to be number one.

I don’t follow what everybody else does.

What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way!

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.

The difference between you and the person you envy, is that you settle for less.

If I’d known I’d live to be a 100 I’d have taken much better care of myself.

Every situation needs a hero. Step up and be that for your child.

There can be no lasting peace where hatred exists. Hatreds will continue to arise as long as the causes of war are not rooted out and exposed.

I do believe I am special. My special gift is my vision, my commitment, and my willingness to do whatever it takes.

You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

I’ve put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.