I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to put to rout all that was not life.
记忆是个奇怪的东西。它并不像我以为的那样运作。我们的构造如此愚蠢,以至于我们携着最早的记忆走过一生,还以为它们是最新近的。
君子重视自身的努力,而不羡慕上天的恩赐;小人放弃自身的努力,而羡慕上天的恩赐。
唯一值得称道的自由是追求我们自己的利益的自由方式,只要我们不试图剥夺别人的利益或妨碍他们获得自己的利益。
No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.