Henry David Thoreau Quotes about Business

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Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Henry David Thoreau

Life, Business, Simple

Walden ch. 2 (1854)

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

Business, Integrity, Bad Day

Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.133, Graphic Arts Books

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Henry David Thoreau

Wise, Wisdom, Business

'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

Henry David Thoreau

Change, Nature, Business

Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.250, Yale University Press

A thoroughbred business man cannot enter heartily upon the business of life without first looking into his accounts.

Henry David Thoreau

Life, Business, Men

Henry David Thoreau (2007). “My Thoughts Are Murder to the State: Thoreau's Essays on Political Philosophy”, p.121, David M Gross

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Henry David Thoreau

Money, Business, Philosophy

Henry David Thoreau, David Gross (2007). “The Price of Freedom: Political Philosophy from Thoreau's Journals”, p.98, David M Gross

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors a vacuum and they have not discovered any continuous employment for man's nobler faculties.

Henry David Thoreau

Life, Business, Men

Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.129, Courier Corporation

A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. Who can predict his comings and goings? His business calls him out at all hours, even when doctors sleep.

Henry David Thoreau

Love, Business, Philosophy

Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.300, Penguin

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

Henry David Thoreau

Success, Business, Work

Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.31, Courier Corporation