One who knew how to appropriate the true value of this world would be the poorest man in it. The poor rich man! all he has is whathe has bought.
Henry David ThoreauNearest to all things is that power which fashions their being. Next to us the grandest laws are constantly being executed. Next to us is not the workman whom we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are.
Henry David ThoreauNot that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.
Henry David ThoreauMany have believed that Walden reached quite through to the other side of the globe.
Henry David Thoreau