Henry David Thoreau1817–1862The quotations of
Henry David Thoreau
American essayist, poet, and philosopher
1817–1862
81 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Government and Money. Part of the Writers collection.
- A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), Wednesday
- Journal (11 March 1856)
It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.
Journal (30 August 1856)Man flows at once to God when the channel of purity is open.
Walden (1854), Higher LawsIn contextIt takes two to speak the truth, — one to speak, and another to hear.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), WednesdayI am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject.
Civil Disobedience (1849)In contextMy life has been the poem I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it.A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), Friday- Civil Disobedience (1849)In context
- Walking (June 1862)
- Walden (1854), p. 85In context
- Civil Disobedience (1849)In context
- Civil Disobedience (1849)In context
- Civil Disobedience (1849)In context
- Walking (June 1862)
- Civil Disobedience (1849)In context
