Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Henry David Thoreau Quotes: We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.
         

We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.


Henry David Thoreau
Check all other quotes by Henry David Thoreau

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Henry David Thoreau Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Mon. 23 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/We-shall-be-reduced-to-gnaw-the-647126>.





Check out


Other quotes of Henry David Thoreau


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

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



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



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

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



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





Other quotes you may like


Even with all the Lace, you can't be an Ace without God's grace.

Even with all the Lace, you can't be an Ace without God's grace.




It is very rarely that a middle-aged man finds an author who gives him, what he knew so often in his teens and twenties, the sense of having opened a new door.

It is very rarely that a middle-aged man finds an author who gives him, what he knew so often in his teens and twenties, the sense of having opened a new door.



The best thing to do is try and make sure you're getting something at your end. We had stretches where we didn't get that.

The best thing to do is try and make sure you're getting something at your end. We had stretches where we didn't get that.



A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.



I really dont go out at all; I just stay at home and watch movies and skateboard around the house.

I really dont go out at all; I just stay at home and watch movies and skateboard around the house.



Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing disguise of the poor.

Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing disguise of the poor.



Courage to be who you are is the cousin of loving the Divine, yourself and others.

Courage to be who you are is the cousin of loving the Divine, yourself and others.



Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.

Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.



Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.

Like many Catholics, I was very affected by the personality of Jesus and that impression, pious as it was, has stayed with me.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "We shall be reduced to gnaw the very crust of the earth for nutriment.". Author of this quote is Henry David Thoreau. This quote is about ecology, earth, civilization,.