"I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he h...












Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
More Henry David Thoreau quotes
"Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight.
"Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
"Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
"Between whom there is hearty truth there is love.
"It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.
"As with our colleges, so with a hundred ‘modern improvements;’ there is an illusion about them; there is not always a positive advance. The devil goes...
"Those who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts.
"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpect...