"The improved means to the unimproved end...." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“The theories and speculations of men concern us more than their puny accomplishment. It is with a certain coldness and languor that we loiter about the actual and so-called practical.”

“Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. Why, nature is but another name for health.”

“If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.”

“Every choice gives you a chance to pave your own road. Keep moving. Full speed ahead”

“If we live in the Nineteenth Century, why should we not enjoy the advantages which the Nineteenth Century offers? Why should our life be in any respect provincial?”

“I look upon an increase in the power of the State with the greatest fear because, although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality which lies at the heart of all progress.”

“Preposterous ass, that never read so far to know the cause why music was ordain'd! Was it not to refresh the mind of man, after his studies or his usual pain?”

“In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.”

“Part of success is preparation on purpose.”