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
independence action spirit
To act collectively is according to the spirit of our institutions.
independence genius emperor
Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.
money men independence
It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money or fame would commonly buy them off from their present pursuit.
self independence enterprise
All great enterprises are self-supporting.
solitude independence boundaries
Individuals, like nations, must have suitable broad and natural boundaries, even a considerable neutral ground, between them.
men independence rich
They who assert the purest right, and consequently are most dangerous to a corrupt State, commonly have not spent much time accumulating property. The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue; for money comes between a man and his objects, and obtains them for him; and it was certainly no great virtue to obtain it.
men order independence
Men spend the best parts of their lives earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it.
independence delight nervous
I delight to come to my bearings,... not to live in this restless, nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth Century, but stand or sitthoughtfully while it goes by.
responsibility successful independence
I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.
suicide ties independence
I am engaged to Concord and my own private pursuits by 10,000 ties, and it would be suicide to rend them.
men two independence
Wherever a man separates from the multitude, and goes his own way in this mood, there indeed is a fork in the road, though ordinary travelers may see only a gap in the paling. His solitary path across lots will turn out the higher way of the two.
men hypocrisy independence
To speak impartially, the best men that I know are not serene, a world in themselves. For the most part, they dwell in forms, andflatter and study effect only more finely than the rest.
cutting independence conformity
What have I to do with plows? I cut another furrow than you see.
native-american independence intercourse
The Indian's intercourse with Nature is at least such as admits of the greatest independence of each.