Famous quotes containing the words henry david thoreau, henry david, david, thoreau and/or years:
“I think that Nature meant kindly when she made our brothers few. However, my voice is still for peace.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There are many skillful apprentices, but few master workmen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“But why go to California for a text? She is the child of New England, bred at her own school and church.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Seeds, there are seeds enough which need only be stirred in with the soil where they lie, by an inspired voice or pen, to bear fruit of a divine flavor.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“But you were not living at all,
and I was half-living,
so where the years blight these others,
we, who were not of the years,
have escaped,
we got nowhere.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)