Walden
The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
Henry David Thoreau • Walden
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 • Walden
The other is the maturity and experience of that; if that is our mother tongue, this is our father tongue, a reserved and select expression, too significant to be heard by the ear, which we must be born again in order to speak.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden
I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and stars, and a little world all to myself. At night there was never a traveller
Henry David Thoreau • Walden
The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what work we do; and yet how much is not done by us!
Henry David Thoreau • Walden
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.