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
according love merely subtle wisdom
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts; but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates.
desperate wisdom
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
life wisdom men
One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living.
wisdom generosity liberality
With wisdom we shall learn liberality.
wisdom ignorance sloth
From exertion come wisdom and purity; from sloth ignorance and sensuality.
life wisdom
Is there any such thing as wisdom not applied to life?
wisdom reading solitude
After reading Howitt's account of the Australian gold-diggings one evening,... I asked myself why I might not be washing some golddaily, though it were only the finest particles,--why I might not sink a shaft down to the gold within me, and work that mine.... At any rate, I might pursue some path, however solitary and narrow and crooked, in which I could walk with love and reverence.
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The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.
spiritual wisdom believe
Concord is just as idiotic as ever in relation to the spirits and their knockings. Most people here believe in a spiritual world ... in spirits which the very bullfrogs in our meadows would blackball. Their evil genius is seeing how low it can degrade them. The hooting of owls, the croaking of frogs, is celestial wisdom in comparison.
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I should consider it a greater success to interest one wise and earnest soul, than a million unwise and frivolous.
wisdom teaching destiny
I do not remember anything which Confucius has said directly respecting man's "origin, purpose, and destiny." He was more practical than that. He is full of wisdom applied to human relations,--to the private life,--the family,--government, etc. It is remarkable that, according to his own account, the sum and substance of his teaching is, as you know, to do as you would be done by.
wisdom strong government
Webster never goes behind government, and so cannot speak with authority about it. His words are wisdom to those legislators who contemplate no essential reform in the existing government; but for thinkers, and those who legislate for all time, he never once glances at the subject.... Comparatively, he is always strong, original, and, above all, practical. Still, his quality is not wisdom, but prudence.
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Men do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference.
wise wisdom men
The life of a wise man is most of all extemporaneous, for he lives out of an eternity which includes all time.