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
death summer lying
When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. . . . How beautifully they go to their graves! How gently lay themselves down and turn to mould. They teach us how to die. One wonders if the time will ever come when people, with our boasted faith in immortality, will lie down as gracefully and ripe-with such an Indian-summer serenity will shed our bodies.
sacredness ifs
The sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.
party fire third-parties
Fire is the most tolerable third party
i-have-learned traveller
I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot.
home house i-have-learned
I have learned that even the smallest house can be a home.
roots generosity certain
Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.
apples doors healthy
What a healthy out-of-door appetite it takes to relish the apple of life, the apple of the world, then!
couple nuts tree
Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground.
secret wild-and-free woods
It is remarkable how many creatures live wild and free though secret in the woods ...
associates
Associate reverently, and as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.
relationship men firsts
We cannot put a noose around another man's neck without first hanging ourselves.
lasts firsts taught
What the first philosopher taught the last will have to repeat.
names moments wells
Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. Why, nature is but another name for health.
humility devil speak
I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.