Henry David Thoreau

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

How sweet is the perception of a new natural fact!

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?