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
eye home mind
Direct your eye inward, and you'll find / A thousand regions in your mind / Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be / Expert in home-cosmography
rivers water
Life in us is like the water in a river.
dark daylight broads
Truth strikes us from behind and in the dark, as well as from before and in broad daylight.
who-we-are authenticity invited
We are constantly invited to be who we are.
sleep years solitude
I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don't get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
men details hours
Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.
i-hate-you independence liberty
All good things are wild and free.
believe night corn
I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows.
men literature young
Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.
change truth clothes
I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
doubt literature world
I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.
war men sea
The savage in man is never quite eradicated.
funny life death
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
integrity inspiration forever
What is once well done is done forever.