How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate wh…

Henry David Thoreau
1086 citations
How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2013). The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau, p.237, Simon and Schuster
Death
12

More Author Quotes

I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpect … ▶
There are continents and seas in the moral world, to which every man is an isthmus or inlet, yet unexplored by him. ✨ Henry David Thoreau, Nancy L. Rosenblum (1996). Thoreau: Political Writings, p.92 … ▶
Renew thyself completely each day. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2009). Walden, p.58, Cosimo, Inc.
Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. … ▶
The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment.

How many things there are concerning which we might well deliberate whether we had better know them. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2013). The Selected Essays of Henry David Thoreau, p.237, Simon and Schuster

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes