Henry David Thoreau Quotes

New skin, a new land! And a land of liberty, if that is possible! I chose the geology of a land that was new to me.

O Mariner-soul, Thy quest is but begun, There are new worlds Forever to be won.

Come dress yourself in love, let the journey begin.

I now walk into the wild.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

... He went under the stars, and the tender light of the moon, when it hung like an eyelash and the tree trunks shone like bones. He walked through wind and weather, and beneath sun-bleached skies. It seemed to Harold that he had been waiting all his life to walk. He no longer knew how far he had come, but only that he was going forward. The pale Cotswold stone became the red brick of Warwickshire, and the land flattened into middle England. Harold reached his hand to his mouth to brush away a fly, and felt a beard growing in thick tufts. Queenie would live. He knew it.

Look at The Adventure. A boat by night is a wonderful sight. This is the way to start a new life, with a hurricane lamp shining at the top of the mast, and the coastline disappearing behind one as the whole world lies sleeping. Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.

Together we will take the road that leads into the West, And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.

Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find."

It be better, I think, to climb out in search of something, instead of hating, what you're leaving.

When you're a little kid, you are small, your life is small - and you're terrifically aware of that. But when you read, you can ride Arabian horses across the desert, you can be a dogsledder.

The story of 'Highway' is completely about travel. It is about the fascination of travel to an extent that I don't want to even reach the destination and also being away from society gives you a certain view of the society, so that was the intention of the film.

I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home.

When the whistle blew and the call stretched thin across the night, one had to believe that any journey could be sweet to the soul.

The journey is my home.

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

Hey sky, take off your hat, I'm on my way!

I'm addicted to travel.

I don't have any office; I can write everywhere. So, I put a piece of paper on the table, and then I travel. Literally, writing for me is like travelling. It's getting out of myself and living another life - maybe a better life.

I went to Paris, I went to France, I went to England, I went to Ireland. In my mind, I can go wherever I wanted to go. I left death row every day.

Music takes me where I go. I'm always open to wherever the journey will take me.

Being on the road is very inspiring.

There's nothing more frightening - and exciting - than getting lost in a forest. There is a journey towards the light, and you've got to go through the dark to get to the light. That's what the forest is all about.