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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quotes about character

American Author, Writer July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862

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Men come tamely home at night only from the next field or street, where their household echoes haunt, and their life pines because it breathes its own breath over again; their shadows, morning and evening, reach farther than their daily steps. We should come home from far, from adventures, and perils and discoveries every day, with new experience and character. Henry David Thoreau
Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform. Henry David Thoreau
We are sometimes made aware of a kindness long passed, and realize that there have been times when our friends' thoughts of us were of so pure and lofty a character that they passed over us like the winds of heaven unnoticed; when they treated us not as what we were, but as what we aspired to be. Henry David Thoreau
The heroic books, even if printed in the character of our mother tongue, will always be in a language dead to degenerate times; and we must laboriously seek the meaning of each word and line, conjecturing a larger sense than common use permits out of what wisdom and valor and generosity we have. Henry David Thoreau
They say that characters were engraven on the bathtub of king Tching-thang to this effect: 'renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again.' I can understand that. Morning brings back the heroic ages. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "We should come home from far, from adventures, and perils, and..."
We should come home from far, from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day, with new experience and character. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Dreams are the touchstones of our character."
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Dreams are the touchstones of our characters."
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer..."
You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one. Henry David Thoreau

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