Henry David Thoreau, 1817 - 1862
Crayon portrait by Samuel Worcester Rouse (1854)
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- One world at a time. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Walden (1854) - Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity. I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Walden (1854) - Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Some men fish their entire lives without realizing it's not fish they're after. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Somehow strangely the vice of men gets well represented and protected but their virtue has none to plead its cause - nor any charter of immunities and rights. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Spring: an experience in immortality. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Walden (1854) - Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul. permalink
Henry David Thoreau - Walden (1854)
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