HENRY DAVID THOREAU

IDEOLOGY

• Henry David Thoreau was an American philosopher and poet
• He brought the idea that without nature we would not survive
• He believed that our main way of life is to treasure and cherish nature.
• His ideas showed the history evolution of mankind and natural decay.
• He described and separated the natural world to the real world

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us"

"Things do not change, we change"

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see"

"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way"

"Men are born to succeed not to fail"

"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life"

"Live the life you've dreamed"

"Do what you love. Know your own bone"

"There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before"

"To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts"

"Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest"

"It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"

"Every creature is better alive than dead , men and moose and pine trees and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it"

CREDITS

• Slide 1 Photo credit to imagesearch/haikudeck/forest
• Slide 1 Photo credit to googleimagesearch/henrydavidthoreau
• Slide 2 Photo credit to imagesearch/haikudeck/forest
• Slide 3-14 credit to Robert Iturriaga
• Slide 15 credit to imagesearch/haikudeck/wilderness