In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita, in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seems puny and …

I have much to learn of the Indian, nothing of the missionary.— The Maine Woods. I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself …

Henry David Thoreau's quote "The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it" serves as a timeless reminder of the true value of our choices and pursuits. Thoreau …

Part of Henry David Thoreau’s purpose in creating his 2,800 handwritten pages of “Indian Notebooks” was to write a book or at least long essays on North American Indian cultures …

2008年7月1日 · Thoreau fondly quoted Hindu writings in his works and harped on the need of “establishing himself in the consciousness of the Atman, always.” Unmarried, abstinent, …

2019年8月23日 · Selected from Thoreau's manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York Includes bibliographical references (p. [73]-[75]) and index

2469 quotes from Henry David Thoreau: '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 …

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the …

2024年12月10日 · During my student days I read Henry David Thoreau's essay "On Civil Disobedience" for the first time. Here, in this courageous New Englander's refusal to pay his …

2021年11月28日 · “We talk of civilizing the Indian, but that is not the name for his improvement. By the wary independence and aloofness of his dim forest life he preserves his intercourse …