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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”

Henry David Thoreau book Walden ou la vie dans les bois

Source: Walden (1854), p.10

“Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.”

Henry David Thoreau

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root”

Henry David Thoreau

Walden (1854)
Source: Walden, or Life in the Woods
Context: There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.<!--p.87

“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.”

Henry David Thoreau

“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?”

Henry David Thoreau Letters to Various Persons

Letter to Harrison Blake (16 November 1857)
Source: Letters to Various Persons

“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.”

Henry David Thoreau

“I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.”

Henry David Thoreau

“If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.”

Henry David Thoreau

“Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.”