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
doubt ifs
Do not entertain doubts if they are not agreeable to you.
safety stupidity ifs
As if there were safety in stupidity alone
past ifs
All the past is here, present to be tried; let it approve itself if it can.
sacredness ifs
The sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.
inevitable streets ifs
If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets.
self-esteem esteem ifs
If I am not I, who will be?
giving ifs
If you give money, spend yourself with it.
men plant ifs
If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man.
cute-love love remedy sweet-love
There is no remedy for love than to love more.
difference drinking eating mere strength
There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and for mere gluttony.
light science
With all your science can you tell how it is, and whence it is, that Light comes into the soul?
edit women
To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit it and read it are old women over their tea.
affect highest quality
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.
affect critical elevated highest man quality worthy
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.