Famous quotes containing the words henry david, henry and/or david:
“We hug the earth,—how rarely we mount! Methinks we might elevate ourselves a little more. We might climb a tree, at least.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“Whoever can discern truth has received his commission from a higher source than the chiefest justice in the world who can discern only law. He finds himself constituted judge of the judge. Strange that it should be necessary to state such simple truths!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)