Think of admitting the details of a single case of the criminal court into our thoughts, to stalk profanely through their very sanctum sanctorum for an hour, ay, for many hours! to make a very barroom of the mind's inmost apartment, as if for so long the dust of the street had occupied us,--the very street itself, with all its travel, its bustle, and filth, had passed through our thoughts' shrine! Would it not be an intellectual and moral suicide?
Henry David ThoreauA man had better starve at once than lose his innocence in the process of getting his bread.
Henry David ThoreauIt often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.
Henry David ThoreauWe must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.
Henry David Thoreau