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
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For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.
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Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.
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So easy is it, though many housekeepers doubt it, to establish new and better customs in the place of the old.
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We are independent of the change we detect. The longer the lever, the less perceptible its motion. It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely; we shall sooner overtake the dawn by remaining here than by hurrying over the hills of the west.
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Both place and time were changed, and I dwelt nearer to those parts of the universe and to those eras in history which had most attracted me.
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Things don't change. We change.
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So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change. This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre. All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.
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Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
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The largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.
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Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.
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Things do not change; we change.
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All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.
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I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
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What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.