The seeds of the life of fishes are everywhere disseminated, whether the winds waft them, or the waters float them, or the deep earth holds them; wherever a pond is dug, straightway it is stocked with this vivacious race. They have a lease of nature, and it is not yet out.
Henry David ThoreauOne should be always on the trail of one's own deepest nature. For it is the fearless living out of your own essential nature that connects you to the Divine.
Henry David ThoreauWhere the most beautiful wild flowers grow, there mans spirit is fed and poets grow.
Henry David ThoreauIf I ever see more clearly at one time than at another, the medium through which I see is clearer.
Henry David ThoreauThe sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen.
Henry David ThoreauHe is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and extract a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. Most begin to veer and tack as soon as the wind changes from aft, and as within the tropics it does not blow from all points of the compass, there are some harbors which they can never reach.
Henry David Thoreau