Quote of the Day

“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) 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", an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.