Henry David Thoreau Quotes
I suppose that I have not many months to live: but of course I know nothing about it. I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully though I never received one cent for it.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience. But a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.
Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be.
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
Those who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts.
A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor.