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
time fishing eternity
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
years printing century
Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.
happiness depression faith
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
happiness success hope
It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.
witty work humorous
Men have become the tools of their tools.
camping world transcendentalism
In wildness is the preservation of the world.
freedom stupid mind
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
nature profession nature-beauty
My profession is to always find God in nature.
perseverance disappointment self-esteem
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
nature children men
In society, in the best institutions of men, it is easy to detect a certain precocity. When we should still be growing children, we are already little men. Give me a culture which imports much muck from the meadows, and deepens the soil,--not that which trusts to heating manures, and improved implements, and modes of culture only!
miracle world happens
When we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen.
life positive simple
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
joy conditions
Surely joy is the condition of life.
clouds eccentric blame
You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.