Quotes of the Morning

“The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.”
-Henry David Thoreau

“The cost of a things is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
-Henry David Thoreau

“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in prison.”
-Henry David Thoreau

“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.”
-Henry David Thoreau

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”
-Henry David Thoreau