Henry David Thoreau Quotes - Page 9
Henry David Thoreau, Bradford Torrey, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1906). “Journal, ed. by Bradford Torrey, 1837-1846, 1850-Nov. 3, 1861”
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1755, Delphi Classics
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.228, Jazzybee Verlag
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.10, Yale University Press
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.148, Jazzybee Verlag
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'
Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.142
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.357, Penguin
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.57, Simon and Schuster
In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.
Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Miscellanies (Annotated Edition)”, p.10, Jazzybee Verlag
Walden ch. 18 (1854). Frequently quoted as "marches to the tune of a different drummer."
Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.12, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.212, Courier Corporation
Henry David Thoreau (1873). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.67
Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.2131, Delphi Classics
There is more religion in men's science, than there is science in their religion.
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.71, Delphi Classics
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.8, Penguin
Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.129, Simon and Schuster
Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.379, Penguin
There is absolutely no common sense, it is common non-sense.
Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.234, Simon and Schuster
Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.18, Yale University Press
Henry David Thoreau, John C. Broderick, Robert Sattelmeyer (1981). “Journal”, p.204, Princeton University Press