Henry David Thoreau

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to…

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches…

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health…

Tis healthy to be sick sometimes…

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the…

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the…

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm…

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can…

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what…

God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to…

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past…

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without…

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see…

The perception of beauty is a moral test…

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he…