God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.
Henry David ThoreauWhat is the singing of birds, or any natural sound, compared with the voice of one we love.
Henry David ThoreauHe is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past
Henry David ThoreauI cannot believe that our factory system is the best mode by which men may get clothing. The condition of the operatives is becoming every day more like that of the English; and it cannot be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or observed, the principal object is, not that mankind may be well and honestly clad, but, unquestionably, that the corporations may be enriched.
Henry David ThoreauIn accumulating property for ourselves or our posterity, in founding a family or a state, or acquiring fame even, we are mortal; but in dealing with truth we are immortal, and need fear no change nor accident.
Henry David ThoreauThe poet's, commonly, is not a logger's path, but a woodman's. The logger and pioneer have preceded him, like John the Baptist; eaten the wild honey, it may be, but the locusts also; banished decaying wood and the spongy mosses which feed on it, and built hearths and humanized Nature for him.
Henry David Thoreau