It requires more than a day's devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a day.
Henry David ThoreauThe condition-of-England question is a practical one. The condition of England demands a hero, not a poet.
Henry David ThoreauIf the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
Henry David ThoreauI 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 ThoreauYou must converse much with the field and the woods if you would imbibe such health into your mind and spirit as you covet for your body
Henry David ThoreauIt would be worthy of the age to print together the collected Scriptures or Sacred Writings of the several nations, the Chinese, the Hindoos, the Persians, the Hebrews, and others, as the Scripture of mankind. The New Testament is still, perhaps, too much on the lips and in the hearts of men to be called a Scripture in this sense. Such a juxtaposition and comparison might help to liberalize the faith of men.... This would be the Bible, or Book of Books, which let the missionaries carry to the uttermost parts of the earth.
Henry David Thoreau