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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.

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I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway ...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. ...

We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. ...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life ...

Things do not change; we change.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice t ...

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to h ...

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.