Henry David Thoreau

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that…

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one…

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure…

May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love…

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them…

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the…

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is…

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to…

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed…

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler…