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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: "I have learned that the swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot."
I have learned that the swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he..."
God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks...."
Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength."
Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength. Henry David Thoreau
To be alone was something unpleasant. But I was at the same time conscious of a slight insanity in my mood, and seemed to foresee my recovery. Henry David Thoreau
The fate of the country... does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning. Henry David Thoreau
The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had so fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it. Henry David Thoreau
Two thousand summers have imparted to the monuments of Grecian literature, as to her marbles, only a maturer golden and autumnal tint, for they have carried their own serene and celestial atmosphere into all lands to protect them against the corrosion of time. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Even the best things are not equal to their fame."
Even the best things are not equal to their fame. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil."
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil. Henry David Thoreau
It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself through obedience to the laws of his being, which will never be one of opposition to a just government, if he should chance to meet with such. Henry David Thoreau
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. Henry David Thoreau
I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there. Perhaps it seemed to me that I had several more lives to live, and could not spare any more time for that one. Henry David Thoreau
The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of what work we do...How vigilant we are! determined not live by faith if we can avoid it; all the day long on the alert, at night we unwillingly say our prayers and commit ourselves to uncertainties. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I HEARTILY ACCEPT THE motto, --"That government is best which..."
I HEARTILY ACCEPT THE motto, --"That government is best which governs least;" and I should like to see it acted up to Henry David Thoreau

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