Thus the great civilizer sends out its emissaries, sooner or later, to every sandy cape and light-house of the New World which the census-taker visits, and summons the savage there to surrender.
Weitere Zitate von Henry David Thoreau
Zum Autor"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."
"What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?"
"Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits."
"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence."
"They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar."
"A man thinking or working will always be alone, let him be where he will."