Henry David Thoreau

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Biography : American essayist, poet and philosopher.
Born: 1817 - Died: 1862
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States

United States

Henry David Thoreau - Quotes

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

prejudice

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

wisdom

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

thought

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

Men have become the tools of their tools.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

Things do not change we change.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /

good

What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
Henry David Thoreau - Walden; or, Life in the Woods /