About This Quote

About Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was a 19th-century American philosopher. Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • God — Spiritual reflections on the divine, faith, and creation
  • Nature — Appreciation for the natural world and our place within it

More quotes by Henry David Thoreau

“In my opinion, the sun was made to light worthier toil than this.”
— Henry David Thoreau
capitalism labor work

“As the sun went down, I saw a solitary boatman disporting on the smooth lake. The falling dews seemed to strain and purify the air, and I was soothed with an infinite stillness. I got the world, as...”
— Henry David Thoreau
inspirational nature spirituality

“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wi...”
— Henry David Thoreau
environment exploration explore land

“When I consider that the nobler animal have been exterminated here - the cougar, the panther, lynx, wolverine, wolf, bear, moose, dear, the beaver, the turkey and so forth and so forth, I cannot bu...”
— Henry David Thoreau
animals conservation earth nature

“No man ever followed his genius till it misled him. Though the result were bodily weakness, yet perhaps no one can say that the consequences were to be regretted, for these were a life in conformit...”
— Henry David Thoreau
higher-values honest-images nature walden

“This afternoon, being on Fair Haven Hill, I heard the sound of a saw, and soon after from the Cliff saw two men sawing down a noble pine beneath, about forty rods off. I resolved to watch it till i...”
— Henry David Thoreau
nature thoreau
View all quotes by Henry David Thoreau →

Related Quotes

“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.”
— John Henry Newman
god inspirational love

“We limit ourselves and God who wants to work through us”
— Sunday Adelaja
god limit money ourselves

“God can only work through those who have totally identified themselves with His will and purpose”
— Sunday Adelaja
god identified purpose totally

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”
— Deepak Chopra
nature prayer spirituality

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”
— Deepak Chopra
nature spirituality

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”
— J.H.B Peel
nature outside work

“What else can we do in the wilderness, than to wonder?”
— Lailah Gifty Akita
wilderness wonder

“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.”
— James Russell Lowell
Wilderness Warning Whole

“Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Wilderness Speaking Howl