Creative Quotations from Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) born on Jul 12 US essayist, poet, naturalist; He is best known for his description of life at.

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Creative Quotations from Henry David Thoreau ( ) born on Jul 12 US essayist, poet, naturalist; He is best known for his description of life at Walden Pond, in Walden, 1854 and his essay Civil Disobedience, 1849.

It takes two to speak truth – one to speak, and another to hear.

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

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CREDITS: Copyright 2008, Baertracks. BeMoreCreative & Creative Quotations are pending trademarks. Public domain photo of Thoreau from Wikimedia Commons. Background photo of Walden Pond taking by Baertracks. Background music “Misty Woods” licensed from Sound Ideas, Inc.