Quote of the day

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”

• Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.