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
happiness summer nature
It enhances our sense of the grand security and serenity of nature to observe the still undisturbed economy and content of the fishes of this century, their happiness a regular fruit of the summer.
happiness desert reserves
I do not know what right I have to so much happiness, but rather hold it in reserve till the time of my desert.
happiness animal deals
I am too easily contented with a slight and almost animal happiness. My happiness is a good deal like that of the woodchucks.
happiness grateful joy
Those undeserved joys which come uncalled and make us more pleased than grateful are they that sing.
happiness strong law
What wisdom, what warning can prevail against gladness? There is no law so strong that a little gladness may not transgress.
happiness life-happiness broads
I love the broad margin to my life.
happiness morning evening
The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.
change positive happiness
Things do not change; we change.
happiness laughter men
Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
happiness butterfly chasing-butterflies
I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
friendship best-friend happiness
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
friendship happiness real-friends
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?
life money wealth-and-happiness
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
happiness beautiful home
I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful.