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
genius divinity
Nature is full of genius, full of divinity.
littles adventurous walks
Let your walks now be a little more adventurous.
fall twilight sunset
October is the month for painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a bright tint just before they fall, so the year near its setting. October is its sunset sky; November the later twilight.
succeed littles made
To have made even one person's life a little better, that is to succeed.
hero men ordinary
Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.
real progress made
When any real progress is made, we unlearned and learn anew what we thought we knew before.
men thinking herds
I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.
humility devil speak
I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
men corporations enough-said
It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience, but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.
names moments wells
Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. Why, nature is but another name for health.
education block book
Many college text-books, which were a weariness and stumbling-block when I studied, I have since read a little with pleasure and profit.
lasts firsts taught
What the first philosopher taught the last will have to repeat.
relationship men firsts
We cannot put a noose around another man's neck without first hanging ourselves.
philosophy philosopher professors
There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers