To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.
Henry David ThoreauWe never exchange more than three words with a Friend in our lives on that level to which our thoughts and feelings almost habitually rise.
Henry David ThoreauReally, there is no infidelity, nowadays, so great as that which prays, and keeps the Sabbath, and rebuilds the churches. The sealer of the South Pacific preaches a truer doctrine.
Henry David Thoreau