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
rain sight sea
We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder-cloud, and the rain...
nature wells
Nature spontaneously keeps us well. Do not resist her!
motivational running goal
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
nature rivers despair
He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.
inspirational motivational work
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
life beauty perception
The perception of beauty is a moral test.
life friendship success
A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.
beautiful art design
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
motivational religious freedom
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
running sand faster
Time is like a handful of sand - the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers.
night silence musical
The silence sings. It is musical. I remember a night when it was audible. I heard the unspeakable.
love life dream
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
funny wisdom truth
It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.
thinking hiking mind
To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.