About Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance...
More quotations from Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn.
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