Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

You know about a person who deeply interests you more than you can be >>

I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to h >>

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one >>

Quotations about Philosophers and Philosophy

The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, an >>

As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any pract >>

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting enti >>

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. It is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.

Thoreau, Henry David