And now, a few words from . . . Henry David Thoreau

Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify. 

And now, a few words from . . . James Thurber

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

And now, a few words from . . . Henry David Thoreau

Men have become the tools of their tools.

And now, a few words from . . . Henry David Thoreau

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.

And now, a few words from . . . James Thurber

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

And now, a few words from . . . Henry David Thoreau

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

And now, a few words from . . . Henry David Thoreau

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

And now, a few words from . . . Henry David Thoreau

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

And now, a few words from . . . Lily Tomlin

Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?

And now, a few words from . . . Henry David Thoreau

I keep a mountain anchored off eastward a little way, which I ascend in my dreams both awake and asleep.

And now, a few words from . . . Lana Turner

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

And now, a few words from . . . Henry David Thoreau

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

And now, a few words from . . . Harry Truman

I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.