Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man. The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.
Henry David ThoreauOur village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it.
Henry David ThoreauSeeds, there are seeds enough which need only be stirred in with the soil where they lie, by an inspired voice or pen, to bear fruit of a divine flavor.
Henry David ThoreauEvery blade in the field - Every leaf in the forest - lays down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up.
Henry David ThoreauHow does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
Henry David ThoreauNew ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion.
Henry David ThoreauThe Oriental philosophy approaches easily loftier themes than the modern aspires to; and no wonder if it sometimes prattle about them. It only assigns their due rank respectively to Action and Contemplation, or rather does full justice to the latter. Western philosophers have not conceived of the significance of Contemplation in their sense.
Henry David Thoreau