Henry David Thoreau

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the read more

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and read more

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I have not lived.