Henry David Thoreau
10 quotes
“Slavery in Massachusetts”
“Talk of mysteries!”
“When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man? Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson”
“Here while I lie beneath this walnut bough, What care I for the Greeks or for Troy town, If juster battles are enacted now Between the ants upon this hummock's crown? "The Summer Rain", st. 3. The Dial (October 1842) p. 224”
“My books I'd fain cast off, I cannot read, 'Twixt every page my thoughts go stray at large Down in the meadow, where is richer feed, And will not mind to hit their proper targe. "The Summer Rain", st. 1. The Dial (October 1842) p. 224”
“The life that I aspire to live No man proposeth me”
“Great God , I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye. "Prayer", st. 1. The Dial (July 1842) p. 79”
“Natural History of Massachusetts”
“But now I see I was not plucked for naught, And after in life's vase Of glass set while I might survive, But by a kind hand brought Alive To a strange place. "Sic Vita", st. 6. The Dial (July 1841) p. 82”
“I am a parcel of vain strivings tied By a chance bond together, Dangling this way and that, their links Were made so loose and wide, Methinks, For milder weather. "Sic Vita", st. 1. The Dial (July 1841) p. 81”