Bread may not always nourish us; but it always does us good, it even takes stiffness out of our joints, and makes us supple and buoyant, when we knew not what ailed us, to recognize any generosity in man or Nature, to share any unmixed and heroic joy.
Henry David ThoreauOne can hardly imagine a more healthful employment, or one more favorable to contemplation and the observation of nature.
Henry David ThoreauTo speak or do anything that shall concern mankind, one must speak and act as if well, or from that grain of health which he has left.
Henry David ThoreauDo not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
Henry David ThoreauAs I stand over the insect crawling amid the pine needles on the forest floor, and endeavoring to conceal itself from my sight, and ask myself why it will cherish those humble thoughts, and hide its head from me who might, perhaps, be its benefactor, and impart to its race some cheering information, I am reminded of the greater Benefactor and Intelligence that stands over me the human insect.
Henry David Thoreau