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
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. Henry David Thoreau
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
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.”
A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” Henry David Thoreau
A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.”
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.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.” Henry David Thoreau
We are born as innocents. We are polluted by advice.”
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.”
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.” Henry David Thoreau
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” Henry David Thoreau
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.” Henry David Thoreau
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.”
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.” Henry David Thoreau
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
Men have become the tools of their tools.” Henry David Thoreau
Men have become the tools of their tools.”
