Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

I have never found a companion so companionable as solitude. >>

It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the h >>

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respe >>

Quotations about Reform

Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard poli >>

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side. >>

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. >>

I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son of God, is his private ail. Let this be righted, let the spring come to him, the morning rise over his couch, and he will forsake his generous companions without apology.

Thoreau, Henry David