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
inspirational being-yourself real
be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.
life nature men
In the production of the necessaries of life Nature is ready enough to assist man.
imagination imagine life living waking
I do not know how to distinguish between our waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?
american-author companion found love
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
believe mind habit
I believe that the mind can be permanently profaned by the habit of attending to trivial things, so that all our thoughts shall be tinged with triviality.