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Letter "H" » Henry David Thoreau Quotes
«The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
absolutely, institution, less, rich, rich man, sell out, sold, speaking, such institutions, The Less, virtue
«A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.»
«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.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
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«Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Work
| Keywords:
body of work, The Body
«Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual without having to pay the penalty for it»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Action,
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
commit, injustice, obscurest, Pay Less, penalties, penalty
«There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
accordingly, derived, enlightened, enlightening, free state, higher, higher power, independent, recognize, The Independent, The State, treats
«How could youths better learn to live than by once trying the experiment of living? Methinks this would educate their minds as much as mathematics»
«As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Simplicity
| Keywords:
Laws, poverty, simpler, simplified, simplifies, simplify, simplifying, solitude, the universe, universe, weakness
«As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
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«It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
ants, enough, industrious, The Ants
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