I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.

It is good even to be a fisherman in summer and in winter.

The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.

All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.

Sometimes you have to leave the world in order to learn how to live in it. Thoreau shunned society, went to the woods, and came back with a new understanding of life.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself