Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some >>

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds. >>

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. >>

Quotations about Knowledge

A superficial knowledge is not enough. It must be a knowledge capable >>

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoreti >>

Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so l >>

The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible and going to waste; the knowledge of the man of science is like timber collected in yards for public works, which still supports a green sprout here and there, but even this is liable to dry rot.

Thoreau, Henry David