Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Risk

• If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Running, Men, Risk

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “Walden”, p.111, Xist Publishing

• A man sits as many risks as he runs.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Running, Men, Risk

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.100, Cosimo, Inc.

• A person who chooses to die or to risk death demonstrates that there are values, principles, maxims, that are more valuable to him than is life itself. In short, he places his immortal self above his mortal self. Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Writing, Self, Risk

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