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
god mother nature
If Nature is our mother, then God is our father.
love marriage would-be
In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.
flower rose thorns
Truths and roses have thorns about them.
needs limits wander
We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.
love life love-life
Your religion is where your love is.
time moon men
The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.
grief fall men
Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?
house study sometimes
It is possible to invent a house still more convenient and luxurious than we have...but shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less?
satisfaction complaining life-is
This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction.
men law made
Law never made men a whit more just.
inspirational life insperational
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
summer wealth rich
. . . I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days. . . .
water paddling canoeing
Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe.
nature healing quality
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.