Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. ~Henry David Thoreau
There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. ~Henry David Thoreau
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. ~Henry David Thoreau
To be admitted to Nature’s hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain. ~Henry David Thoreau
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature. ~Henry David Thoreau
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~Henry David Thoreau
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages. ~Henry David Thoreau
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? ~Henry David Thoreau
What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party. ~Henry David Thoreau
Live your life, do your work, then take your hat. ~Henry David Thoreau
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. ~Henry David Thoreau
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. ~Henry David Thoreau
