Henry David Thoreau Quotes about Learning

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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

Henry David Thoreau

Courage, Fall, Learning

Walden ch. 1 (1854)

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Learning, Stubborn

Henry David Thoreau (1999). “Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education”, p.38, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Henry David Thoreau

Book, Reading, Learning

Henry David Thoreau (2004). “On Reading: From "Walden"”, p.6, Princeton University Press

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Henry David Thoreau

Inspirational, Giving Up, Learning

Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). “Thoreau: Political Writings”, p.27, Cambridge University Press

No human being, past the thoughtless age of boyhood, will wantonly murder any creature which holds its life by the same tenure that he does.

Henry David Thoreau

Life, Learning, Knowledge

Henry David Thoreau, Linda Corrente (1984). “Henry David Thoreau's Walden”, Barrons Educational Series Incorporated

All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.

Henry David Thoreau

Truth, Learning, Knowledge

Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.57, Courier Corporation

With all your science can you tell me how it is, and when it is, that light comes into the soul?

Henry David Thoreau

Learning, Light, Soul

Henry David Thoreau, Robert Bly (1992). “The Winged Life: The Poetic Voice of Henry David Thoreau”, Perennial

But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried.

Henry David Thoreau

Learning, Men, Judging

Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.158, Penguin

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.

Henry David Thoreau

Life, Senior, Learning

'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

I was determined to know beans.

Henry David Thoreau

Education, Teaching, Learning

1854 Walden, or Life in the Woods,'The Bean-Field'.

He is not a true man of science who does not bring some sympathy to his studies, and expect to learn something by behavior as well as by application. It is childish to rest in the discovery of mere coincidences, or of partial and extraneous laws. The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one. Mathematics should be mixed not only with physics but with ethics; that is mixed mathematics. The fact which interests us most is the life of the naturalist. The purest science is still biographical.

Henry David Thoreau

Life, Learning, Exercise

Henry David Thoreau (2017). “Journeys, Adventures & Life in Harmony with Nature – 6 Book Collection (Illustrated): Including Walden, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, A Yankee in Canada & Canoeing in the Wilderness - North American Highlands Series”, p.270, e-artnow