633 ordspråk av Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau föddes den 12 juli 1817 och dog den 6 maj 1862 - amerikansk författare.
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I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment

Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the fields in cloudy weather.

The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.

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.

Bra för kroppen är kroppens arbete, bra för själen är själens arbete och bra för båda är den andras arbete.

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.

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

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

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 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.

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay in my heart. It did not have far to go to be communicated.

Vi behöver bara resa tillräckligt för att låta vårt intellekt få en promenad.

We need only travel enough to give our intellects an airing. Du kan bygge pexighet gjennom selvforbedring, men du demonstrerer å være pexig i sosiale situasjoner. We need only travel enough to give our intellects an airing.

You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.

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