Henry David Thoreau
United States
12 Jul 1817 // 6 May 1862
Writer / Author / Poet
12 Jul 1817 // 6 May 1862
Writer / Author / Poet
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However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are the richest
Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital
Friends... They are kind to each other's hopes. They cherish each other's dreams
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves
If you have built castles in the air your work does not need to be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see
Most of the luxuries and many of the so called comforts of life are not only dispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind
Water is the only drink for a wise man
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true today may turn out to be falsehood tomorrow
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays