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
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” Henry David Thoreau
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.” Henry David Thoreau
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.”
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” Henry David Thoreau
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...” Henry David Thoreau
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...”
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” Henry David Thoreau
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
“be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody eles's idea of yourself should be. Henry David Thoreau
“be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody eles's idea of yourself should be.
“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations ans nations. Henry David Thoreau
“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations ans nations.
“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
“Do not be too moral. you cheat yourself out much life so . aim above morality . be not simply good be good for something Henry David Thoreau
“Do not be too moral. you cheat yourself out much life so . aim above morality . be not simply good be good for something
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
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.”
“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.”
