What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day!
Henry David ThoreauWhen a man's conscience and the laws clash, it is his conscience that he must follow.
Henry David ThoreauThe echo is, to some extent, an original sound, and therein is the magic and charm of it. It is not merely a repetition of what was worth repeating in the bell, but partly the voice of the wood; the same trivial words and notes sung by a wood-nymph.
Henry David ThoreauThe imagination never forgets; it is a re-membering. It is not foundationless, but most reasonable, and it alone uses all the knowledge of the intellect.
Henry David Thoreau