Henry David Thoreau Philosopher Quotations

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so rich inward.

To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers

Say, Not so, and you will out circle the philosophers.

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?