I already, and for weeks afterward, felt my nature the coarser for this part of my woodland experience, and was reminded that ourlife should be lived as tenderly and daintily as one would pluck a flower.
Henry David ThoreauOur hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever.
Henry David ThoreauConcord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the proverbial moderation of the inhabitants of Concord, as exhibited in the Revolution, and on later occasions.
Henry David ThoreauIt is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.
Henry David Thoreau