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Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Henry David Thoreau quotes

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

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Henry David Thoreau quote: "Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at..."
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether..."
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Henry David Thoreau
Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other. We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that musty old cheese that we are. We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office, and at the sociable, and at the fireside every night; we live thick and are in... Henry David Thoreau
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David ThoreauThank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth! Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau
I had not lived there a week before my feet wore a path from my door to the pond-side; and though it is five or six years since I trod it, it is still quite distinct. It is true, I fear that others may have fallen into it, and so helped to keep it open. The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity! Henry David Thoreau
The Vedas say, "All intelligences awake with the morning." Poetry and art, and the fairest and most memorable of the actions of men, date from such an hour. All poets and heroes, like Memnon, are the children of Aurora, and emit their music at sunrise. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I will come to you, my friend, when I no longer need you. Then..."
I will come to you, my friend, when I no longer need you. Then you will find a palace, not an almshouse. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend."
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend."
The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "A sad soul can kill you quicker, much quicker, than any germ"
A sad soul can kill you quicker, much quicker, than any germ 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. To affect teh quality of the day--that is the highest of arts. Henry David Thoreau
to one whose elastic and vigorous thoughts keep pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. It matters not the labors and attitudes of men, morning is when I am awake and there is dawn in me. Henry David Thoreau
As with our colleges, so with a hundred 'modern improvements'; there is an illusion about them; there is not always a positive advance. Henry David Thoreau
I believe that every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition has been particularly inclined to abstain from animal food, and from much food of any kind. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants..."
Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape! Henry David Thoreau

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