Wisdom in SpaceThe price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
-- Henry David Thoreau
WIST QuotationsIf I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)
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Daily Stoic 🗿I am grateful for what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.
— Henry David Thoreau
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
A Week on the Concord and Marrimack Rivers, “Wednesday” (1849)
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Lisa Gets Politik"In wildness is the preservation of the world." - Henry David Thoreau
For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are view few important communications made through it. To speak critically, I never received more than one or two letters in my life...that were worth the postage.
-- Henry David Thoreau (Walden)
It is remarkable, that notwithstanding the universal favor with which the New Testament is outwardly received, and even the bigotry with which it is defended, there is no hospitality shown to, there is no appreciation of, the order of truth with which it deals. I know of no book that has so few readers. There is none so truly strange, and heretical, and unpopular.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
A Week on the Concord and Marrimack Rivers, “Sunday” (1849)
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Thoreau, Henry David - A Week on the Concord and Marrimack Rivers, "Sunday" (1849) | WIST Quotations
It is remarkable, that notwithstanding the universal favor with which the New Testament is outwardly received, and even the bigotry with which it is defended, there is no hospitality shown to, there is no appreciation of, the order of truth with which it deals. I know of no book that…
Men have become tools of their tools.
-- Henry David Thoreau
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« Consacrons une journée à vivre aussi délibérément que la Nature, sans dérailler à la moindre coquille de noix ou aile de moustique qui tombe sur les rails [...]. Si la locomotive siffle, laissons-la siffler jusqu'à ce qu'elle en ait la voix enrouée. Si la cloche sonne, pourquoi devrions-nous courir ? »
– Henry David Thoreau, dans : Wayne W. Dyer, Le bonheur selon Lao-Tseu, Guy Trédaniel Éditeur, 2009, p. 44
The MarginalianAn Introvert’s Field Guide to Friendship: Thoreau on the Challenges and Rewards of Candid Connection
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