More quotes by Henry David Thoreau, Walden

"I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune."
"Things do not change; we change."
"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations."
"All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be."
"A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself. It may be translated into every language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips; -- not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the breath of life itself."