"Why will we be imposed on by..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.”

“The front aspect of great thoughts can only be enjoyed by those who stand on the side whence they arrive.”

“How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?”

“I love writing thank-you notes. There's something very nostalgic to me about the feel of a card and putting pen to paper. How many times in our lives are we required to put pen to paper anymore?”

“Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid.”

“All wisdom is not new wisdom.”

“I believe, sir, in all the progress. Air navigation is the result of the oceanic navigation: from water the human has to pass in the air. Everywhere where creation will be breathable to him, the human will penetrate into the creation. Our only limit is life.”

“We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.”

“But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.”