The natural historian is not a fisherman who prays for cloudy days and good luck merely; but as fishing has been styled "a contemplative man's recreation," introducing him profitably to woods and water, so the fruit of the naturalist's observations is not in new genera or species, but in new contemplations still, and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation.
Henry David ThoreauThere never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
Henry David ThoreauI have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.
Henry David ThoreauThe man whose horse trots a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.
Henry David Thoreau