A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.Henry David Thoreau
Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.Henry David Thoreau
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.Henry David Thoreau
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.Henry David Thoreau
Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.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
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.Henry David Thoreau
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.Henry David Thoreau
How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them.Henry David Thoreau
