PREMIUM FEATURE
Advanced Search Filters
Filter search results by source, date, and more with our premium search tools.
“ ”God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages.
About Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (12 July 1817 – 6 May 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
Biography information from Wikiquote
Additional quotes by Henry David Thoreau
The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies.
I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof.