I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.
Weitere Zitate von Henry David Thoreau
Zum Autor"What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?"
"I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement."
"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance."
"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."
"What are these pines & these birds about? What is this pond a-doing? I must know a little more."
"As for style of writing if one has anything to say it drops from him simply and directly as a stone falls to the ground."