About Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance...
More quotations from Henry David Thoreau
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.
More quotations tagged with “justice”
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.
Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.