Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's...

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Time is like a handful of sand- the tighter you grasp it, the faster it...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels,...

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am...

Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious...

In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.

In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of...

Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of...

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the...

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the...