I delight to come to my bearings,... not to live in this restless, nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth Century, but stand or sitthoughtfully while it goes by.
Henry David ThoreauWriting may be either the record of a deed or a deed. It is nobler when it is a deed.
Henry David ThoreauThat government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.
Henry David ThoreauIt gets laughed at because it is a small town, I know, but nevertheless it is a place where great men may be born any day, for fair winds and foul blow right on over it without distinction.
Henry David Thoreau