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
fashion past clothes
The finest manners in the world are awkwardness and fatuity when contrasted with a finer intelligence. They appear but as the fashions of past days,--mere courtliness, knee-buckles and small- clothes, out of date.
future past ideas
The past is only so heroic as we see it. It is the canvas on which our idea of heroism is painted, and so, in one sense, the dim prospectus of our future field.
past experience moments
The experience of every past moment but belies the faith of each present.
winter past may
You may tell by looking at any twig of the forest, ay, at your very wood-pile, whether its winter is past or not.
philosophy past criticism
Like speaks to like only; labor to labor, philosophy to philosophy, criticism to criticism, poetry to poetry. Literature speaks how much still to the past, how little to the future, how much to the East, how little to the West.
future past knowing
It would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing.
heart past men
Critical acumen is exerted in vain to uncover the past; the past cannot be presented; we cannot know what we are not. But one veilhangs over past, present, and future, and it is the province of the historian to find out, not what was, but what is. Where a battle has been fought, you will find nothing but the bones of men and beasts; where a battle is being fought, there are hearts beating.
friendship summer past
Friendship is evanescent in every man's experience, and remembered like heat lightning in past summers.
past anticipation remember
I live in the present. I only remember the past, and anticipate the future.
past ifs
All the past is here, present to be tried; let it approve itself if it can.
life blessed past
He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past
life beautiful past
Life is grand, and so are its environments of Past and Future. Would the face of nature be so serene and beautiful if man's destiny were not equally so?
memories believe past
We believe that the possibility of the future far exceeds the accomplishment of the past. We review the past with the common sense, but we anticipate the future with transcendental senses. In our sanest moments we find ourselves naturally expecting or prepared for far greater changes than any which we have experienced within the period of distinct memory, only to be paralleled by experiences which are forgotten.
letting-go past bright-future
Let go of the past and go for the future.