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.
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.
born inherit property rather
To inherit property is not to be born - is to be stillborn, rather