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
succeed littles made
To have made even one person's life a little better, that is to succeed.
real progress made
When any real progress is made, we unlearned and learn anew what we thought we knew before.
made senses visible
The newest is but the oldest made visible to our senses.
earth dogma made
Some interests have got a footing on the earth which we have not made sufficient allowance for.
native-american world made
I have made a short excursion into the new world which the Indian dwells in, or is. He begins where we leave off.
caring harmony made
Friends are made for caring and sharing. Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.
men law made
Law never made men a whit more just.
american-author fine house planet tolerable
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
man meet pleased wild wish
I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to be encountered like wild caribous and moose.
great mankind poets works
The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them
almost far staying travel worth
Far travel, very far travel, or travail, comes to almost the worth of staying home.
Say what you have to say, not what you ought.
compared fate man opinion private public rather thinks weak
Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate
compared man opinion private public rather thinks tyrant weak
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.