All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning. Henry David Thoreau Morning
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. Henry David Thoreau Men
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau Poetry
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Henry David Thoreau Men
If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. Henry David Thoreau Men
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? Henry David Thoreau Great
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 had not lived. Henry David Thoreau Life
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. Henry David Thoreau Music
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. Henry David Thoreau Environmental
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Henry David Thoreau Government
Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling. Henry David Thoreau Imagination
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. Henry David Thoreau Positive
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life. Henry David Thoreau Funny