Many college text-books, which were a weariness and stumbling-block when I studied, — Henry David Thoreau
It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered — Henry David Thoreau
Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest — Henry David Thoreau
The indescribable innocence and beneficence of Nature-of sun and wind and rain, — Henry David Thoreau
As to conforming outwardly and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that. — Henry David Thoreau