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
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.
philosophy philosopher professors
There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers
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.
education block book
Many college text-books, which were a weariness and stumbling-block when I studied, I have since read a little with pleasure and profit.
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.
real progress made
When any real progress is made, we unlearned and learn anew what we thought we knew before.
hero men ordinary
Heroes are often the most ordinary of men.