Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreauwas an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth12 July 1817
CountryUnited States of America
independent agriculture house
I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.
nature art men
The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
stars men idols
Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
travel journey wish
I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.
beautiful book men
A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.
believe advice literature
There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.
eye new-relationship perspective
Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.
change workout people
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
writing luck literature
Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.
respect learning men
Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.
important too-late literature
It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today.
men materials manhood
In the meanest are all the materials of manhood, only they are not rightly disposed.
men literature common
I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
two mind legs
I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.