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
moving-on forgiveness regret
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
running real believe
I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run.
good-morning nature good-day
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
flower men law
Simplicity is the law of nature for men as well as for flowers.
life thinking clouds
It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise.
inspirational opportunity believe-in-yourself
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
music loneliness being-single
I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.
courage fall knowledge
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
character individual discussion
The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.
happiness success hope
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
stars night jewels
The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show.
inspirational life inspiring
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
inspirational learning stubborn
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
nature voice saddening
The voice of nature is always encouraging.