Where the citizen uses a mere sliver or board, the pioneer uses the whole trunk of a tree.
Henry David ThoreauIt would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing.
Henry David ThoreauFor the most part, we are not where we are, but in a false position. Through an infirmity of our natures, we suppose a case, and put ourselves into it, and hence are in two cases at the same time, and it is doubly difficult to get out.
Henry David Thoreau