Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I w >>

Our manners have been corrupted by communication with the saints. >>

Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. >>

Quotations about Rebellion

When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away >>

I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and >>

There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, >>

The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can, old man, -- you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind, -- I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that.

Thoreau, Henry David