What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.Henry David Thoreau
Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?Henry David Thoreau
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.Henry David Thoreau
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.Henry David Thoreau
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.Henry David Thoreau
How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.Henry David Thoreau
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.Henry David Thoreau
