Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor,...
Henry David Thoreau Biography
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live Henry David Thoreau
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.” Henry David Thoreau
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
“I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it's gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.” Henry David Thoreau
“I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it's gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.”
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” Henry David Thoreau
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.” Henry David Thoreau
We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.”
What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.” Henry David Thoreau
What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.”
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.” Henry David Thoreau
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.”
I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Henry David Thoreau
I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.” Henry David Thoreau
Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.”
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.” Henry David Thoreau
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.”
Men have become the tools of their tools.” Henry David Thoreau
Men have become the tools of their tools.”