We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWe are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAll men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUOnly that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUWildness is the preservation of the World.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUSay what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThings do not change; we change.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUDo not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUPublic opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUThe greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUI have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUAn early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUA single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU