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
men community doe
An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not.
may civilized nations
A nation may be ever so civilized and yet lack wisdom.
cutting bird grove
How can you expect the birds to sing when their groves are cut down?
listening intermittent
Music never stops; it is only the listening that is intermittent.
order firsts dies
In order to die, you must first have lived.
believe levels common
I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.
cheer gossip littles
Can we not do without the society of our gossip a little while, - have our own thoughts to cheer us?
soul world lost
Loose the world, get lost in it, and find your soul.
law forever lasts
Though the youth at last grows indifferent, the laws of the universe are not indifferent, but are forever on the side of the most sensitive.
moving ohio land
This fair homestead has fallen to us, and how little have we done to improve it, how little have we cleared and hedged and ditched! We are too inclined to go hence to a "better land," without lifting a finger, as our farmers are moving to the Ohio soil; but would it not be more heroic and faithful to till and redeem this New England soil of the world?
clothes way reform
Why do you ever mend your clothes, unless that, wearing them, you may mend your ways. Let us sing.
reform
I love reform better than its modes.
time world reform
There are theoretical reformers at all times, and all the world over, living on anticipation.
men secret obscurity
You will pardon some obscurities, for there are more secrets in my trade than in most men's, and yet not voluntarily kept, but inseparable from its very nature. I would gladly tell all that I know about it, and never paint "No Admittance" on my gate.