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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: "Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient..."
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and..."
If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man. Henry David Thoreau
As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full. Moreover, I have tried itfairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agreewith my constitution. Probably I should not consciously and deliberatelyforsake my particular calling to do the good which society demands ofme, to save the universe from annihilation; and I believe that a likebut infinitely greater steadfastness elsewhere is all that now preservesit. Henry David Thoreau
Nowadays almost all man's improvements, so called, as the building of houses, and the cutting down of the forest and of all large trees, simply deform the landscape, and make it more tame and cheap... and some worldly miser with a surveyor looking after his bounds, while heaven had taken place around him, and he did not see the angles going to and fro, but was looking for an old post-hole in the midst of paradise. I looked again, and saw him standing in the middle of a boggy, stygian, fen,... Henry David Thoreau
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of..."
Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve. Henry David Thoreau
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle..."
All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us."
The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Henry David Thoreau
It seems as if no man had ever died in America before, for in order to die you must first have lived. These men, in teaching us how to die, have at the same time taught us how to live. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature."
let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature. Henry David Thoreau
I cannot but feel compassion when I hear some trig, compact-looking man, seemingly free, all girded and ready, speak of his 'furniture,' as whether it is insured or not. 'But what shall I do with my furniture?'...It would surpass the powers of a well man nowadays to take up his bed and walk, and I should certainly advise a sick one to lay down his bed and run. Henry David Thoreau
Philanthropy is. . . greatly overrated. A pain in the gut is not sympathy for the underprivileged, but the result of eating a green apple; the philanthropist gives to ease his own pain. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams."
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Henry David Thoreau
Those things for which the most money is demanded are never the things which the student most wants. Tuition, for instance, is an important item in the term bill, while for the far more valuable education which he gets by associating with the most cultivated of his contemporaries no charge is made. Henry David Thoreau

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