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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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The forcible writer stands bodily behind his words with his experiences. He does not make books out of books, but he has been there in person. Henry David Thoreau
Let us... work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion, and prejudice, and tradition, and delusion, and appearance, that alluvion which covers the globe...till we come to a hard bottom and rocks in place, which we can call reality, and say, This is, and no mistake... Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he..."
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can..."
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of..."
Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never..."
God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages. Henry David Thoreau
As for the Pyramids, there is nothing to wonder at in them so much as the fact that so many men could be found degraded enough to spend their lives constructing a tomb for some ambitious booby, whom it would have been wiser and manlier to have drowned in the Nile, and then given his body to the dogs. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "If we stay at home and mind our business, who will want..."
If we stay at home and mind our business, who will want railroads? 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, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at; as railroads lead to Boston or New York. We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights."
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man."
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in."
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave,..."
Commonly men will only be brave as their fathers were brave, or timid. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his..."
So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his favor, government, society, the very sun, moon, and stars. Henry David Thoreau

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