An American author, development critic, transcendentalist, pacifist, and philosopher.. American author poet philosopher abolitionist naturalist tax resister development critic surveyor historian and leading transcendentalist
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Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after. Go to Quote / Comment
Even the poor student studies and is taught only political economy, while that economy of living which is synonymous with philosophy is not ev... Go to Quote / Comment
The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can, old man, -- you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind, -- I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that. Go to Quote / Comment
Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances. Go to Quote / Comment
I have never found a companion so companionable as solitude. Go to Quote / Comment