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
perception church doe
Action from principle, the perception and the performance of right, changes things and relations; it is essentially revolutionary, and does not consist wholly with anything which was. It not only divides States and churches, it divides families; ay, it divides the individual, separating the diabolical in him from the divine.
men revolution unendurable
All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.
inspirational life wise
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
communication texas important
We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.
littles
He who owns little is little owned.
friendship best-friend happiness
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
strength fashion individuality
I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
motivational friendship nature
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
earth influence
Resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
parent use calling
There is such a thing as caste, even in the West; but it is comparatively faint; it is conservatism here. It says, forsake not your calling, outrage no institution, use no violence, rend no bonds; the State is thy parent. Its virtue or manhood is wholly filial.
beautiful nature eye
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.
friendship happiness real-friends
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
god men consciousness
The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.
inspirational life blow
Our thoughts are epochs in our lives; all else is but as a journal of the winds that blow while we are here.