Men sometimes speak as if the study of the classics would at length make way for more modern and practical studies; but the adventurous student will always study classics, in whatever language they may be written and however ancient they may be. For what are the classics but the noblest recorded thoughts of man?... We might as well omit to study Nature because she is old.
Henry David ThoreauTo be awake is to be completely alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
Henry David ThoreauI know that some will have hard thoughts of me, when they hear their Christ named beside my Buddha, yet I am sure that I am willing they should love their Christ more than my Buddha, for the love is the main thing, and I like him too.
Henry David ThoreauGovernment never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
Henry David ThoreauIs the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.
Henry David Thoreau