Behave so the aroma of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere.
Henry David ThoreauHow shall we account for our pursuits, if they are original? We get the language with which to describe our various lives out of acommon mint.
Henry David ThoreauIt takes a man of genius to travel in his own country, in his native village; to make any progress between his door and his gate.
Henry David ThoreauFor my part, I would rather look toward Rutland than Jerusalem. Rutland,--modern town,--land of ruts,--trivial and worn,--not toosacred,--with no holy sepulchre, but profane green fields and dusty roads, and opportunity to live as holy a life as you can, where the sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.
Henry David Thoreau