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
caring harmony made
Friends are made for caring and sharing. Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.
inspirational life time
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
air doe breathe
Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?
summer winter littles
One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.
stars intangible-quality dust
The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched.
motivational-sports men flesh-and-blood
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.
character men flesh-and-blood
Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.
mean selfishness landscape
By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of acquiring property chiefly, the landscape is deformed, husbandry is degraded with us, and the farmer leads the meanest of lives. He knows Nature but as a robber.
men want
All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
real work yield
If I choose to devote myself to certain labors which yield more real profit, though but little money, they may be inclined to look on me as an idler.
imperfection live-by
It's not worth our while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
good-morning society afternoon
In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.
life running time
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
spiritual money simplicity
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.