Henry David Thoreau

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, read more

I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.

You were once wild here

You were once wild here

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. read more

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.