Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

—Henry David Thoreau

About Henry David Thoreau

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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...

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He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

—Henry David Thoreau

What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do?

—Henry David Thoreau

Liberty, equality—bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

—Henry David Thoreau

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

—Henry David Thoreau

If you're willing to fail interestingly, you tend to succeed interestingly.

—Henry David Thoreau

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Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

—Henri Matisse

Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.

—Helen Keller

Our great weariness comes from work not done.

—Hal Lancaster

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

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