What stuff is the man made of who is not coexistent in our thought with the purest and sublimest truth?
Henry David ThoreauThe inhabitants of Canada appeared to be suffering between two fires,--the soldiery and the priesthood.
Henry David ThoreauOur vices always lie in the direction of our virtues, and in their best estate are but plausible imitations of the latter.
Henry David ThoreauWhen we want culture more than potatoes, and illumination more than sugar-plums, then the great resources of a world are taxed anddrawn out, and the result, or staple production, is, not slaves, nor operatives, but men,--those rare fruits called heroes, saints, poets, philosophers, and redeemers.
Henry David Thoreau