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
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.
The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing - peace is the measure.