"Generally speaking, the political news, whether domestic..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight.”

“If I deny the authority of the State when it presents my tax bill, it will soon take and waste all my property, and so harass me and my children without end. This is hard, this makes it impossible for a man to live honestly, and at the same time comfortably, in outward respects.”

“Perchance the time will come when we shall not be content to go back and forth upon a raft to some huge Homeric or Shakespearean Indiaman that lies upon the reef, but build a bark out of that wreck and others that are buried in the sands of this desolate island, and such new timber as may be required, in which to sail away to whole new worlds of light and life, where our friends are.”

“He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: environment is but his looking glass.”

“Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spiderwebs. Please spray the wilderness to rid the area of these pests.”

“There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.”

“You do the things that need to be done according to priority.”

“My writing is nothing, my boxing is everything.”

“Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Rodger Rosenblatt As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.”