Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

How can they expect a harvest of thought who have not had the seed tim >>

Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights. >>

Youth gets together with their materials to build a bridge to the moon >>

Quotations about Purpose

For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to b >>

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens. >>

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose. >>

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured and far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an oak.

Thoreau, Henry David