"I am convinced that if all men..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
I am convinced that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, thieving and robbery would be unknown. These take place only in communities where some have got more than is sufficient while others have not enough.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.”
“I think it will be found that he who speaks with most authority on a given subject is not ignorant of what has been said by his predecessors. He will take his place in a regular order, and substantially add his own knowledge to the knowledge of previous generations.”
“The three-o'-clock in the morning courage, which Bonaparte thought was the rarest.”
More on Simplicity
“All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air. With one enormous chair; Oh wouldn't it be loverly? Lots of choc'late for me to eat; Lots of coal makin' lots of heat. Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet, Oh wouldn't it be loverly? Oh, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still! I would never budge 'til spring crept over my window sill. Someone's head restin' on my knee; Warm and tender as he can be, who takes good care of me; Oh wouldn't it be loverly? Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly.”
“My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.”
“All life is a nap. The more naps you take the better.”
More on Society
“I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.”
“I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to understand what happens in rap.”
“To solve the drug problem, we have to start at the root - first grade. If a boy has all the toys in his head that reading can give him, and you hook him into science fiction, then you've got the future secured.”