I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.

Henry David Thoreau

+ Se você já construiu castelos no ar, não tenha vergonha deles. Estão onde devem estar. Agora, dê-lhes alicerces. - Henry David Thoreau

+ Para cada mil homens dedicados a cortar as folhas do mal, há apenas um atacando as raízes. - Henry David Thoreau

+ Riqueza é a capacidade de experimentar a vida plenamente. - Henry David Thoreau

+ Mais do que amor, do que dinheiro, do que fama, dê-me a verdade. - Henry David Thoreau

+ Não nasci para ser forçado a nada. Respirarei a meu próprio modo. - Henry David Thoreau