Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.
Henry David ThoreauIt enhances our sense of the grand security and serenity of nature to observe the still undisturbed economy and content of the fishes of this century, their happiness a regular fruit of the summer.
Henry David ThoreauWe should never stand upon ceremony with sincerity. We should never cheat and insult and banish one another by our meanness, if there were present the kernel of worth and friendliness. We should not meet thus in haste.
Henry David ThoreauAll men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
Henry David Thoreau