Henry David Thoreau, 1817 - 1862
Crayon portrait by Samuel Worcester Rouse (1854)
Henry David Thoreau quotes:
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- It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - It is said that a rogue does not look you in the face, neither does an honest man look at you as if he had his reputation to establish. I have seen some who did not know when to turn aside their eyes in meeting yours. A truly confident and magnanimous spirit is wiser than to contend for the mastery in such encounters. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - It takes two to speak truth - One to speak, and another to hear. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - It's not enough to be busy. The question is: what are we busy about? permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Let your capital be simplicity and contentment. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each. Grow green with the spring, yellow and ripe with autumn. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Make the most of your regrets.... To regret deeply is to live afresh. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Many are concerned about the monuments of the West and the East — to know who built them. For my part, I should like to know who in those days did not build them — who were above such trifling. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Men have become the tools of their tools. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Journal entry (1845)
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