Some nice quotes from Civil Disobedience and Thoreau

He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist.

I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it.

Action from principle… is essentially revolutionary.



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