Henry David Thoreau — "He who would make his fellow-creatures happy must cease to be happy himself."

"If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I am surprised to find how soon I have forgotten them."

"Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering for a great while at the eaves of an old church."

"I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will but live simply and wisely; as the pursuits of the simpler nations a…"

"I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."

"Read not the Times. Read the Eternities."