"I am not responsible for the successful..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure.”

“How can he remember well his ignorance - which his growth requires - who has so often to use his knowledge?”

“One may be drunk with love without being any nearer to finding his mate.”

“We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

“The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government at all.”

“We simply cannot delegate the exercise of mercy and generosity to others.”

“I do hope that young men and women will start to think for themselves and start to take responsibility for their own thoughts.”

“The vast majority of our troubles and heartaches would simply vanish from view if only we could remember - before we act - that we are made victims mostly by our own tendencies.”

“We have both the ability and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today.”