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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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Soon the ice will melt, and the blackbirds sing along the river which he frequented, as pleasantly as ever. The same everlasting serenity will appear in this face of God, and we will not be sorrowful, if he is not. Henry David Thoreau
I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and..."
Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is..."
God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us. Henry David Thoreau
What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can old man,? you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind? I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Where shall we look for standard English but to the words of a..."
Where shall we look for standard English but to the words of a standard man? Henry David Thoreau
If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated? Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some..."
All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Henry David Thoreau
The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through..."
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I hear beyond the range of sound, I see beyond the range of..."
I hear beyond the range of sound, I see beyond the range of sight, New earths, and skies and seas around.? Henry David Thoreau
No man ever stood the lower in my estimation for having a patch in his clothes: yet I am sure that there is greater anxiety, commonly, to have fashionable, or at least clean and unpatched clothes, than to have a sound conscience. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures."
Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures. Henry David Thoreau
I did not know that mankind were suffering for want of gold. I have seen a little of it. I know that it is very malleable, but not so malleable as wit. A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau quote: "I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human..."
I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it's gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals. Henry David Thoreau

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