Henry David Thoreau: Who could believe in prophecies of Daniel or of Miller that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with fai

Who could believe in prophecies of Daniel or of Miller that the world would end — Henry David Thoreau

Who could believe in prophecies of Daniel or of Miller that the world would end this summer, while one milkweed with faith matured its seeds?

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It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. T — Henry David Thoreau
This bird sees the white man come and the Indian withdraw, but it withdraws not. — Henry David Thoreau
A poem is one undivided unimpeded expression fallen ripe into literature , and i — Henry David Thoreau
Great God , I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, — Henry David Thoreau
父在，觀其志；父殁，觀其行；三年无改於父之道，可謂孝矣。 — Confucius
There is one evident, indubitable manifestation of the Divinity, and that is the — Leo Tolstoy
To an atheist all writings tend to atheism: he corrupts the most innocent matter — Michel de Montaigne
I can venture to affirm, without meaning to pluck a leaf from the never-fading l — Isaac Newton
O brothers, Mecca is in front, and robbers in the rear. By proceeding, we escape — Saadi
O tender yearning, sweet hoping! The golden time of first love! The eye sees the — Friedrich Schiller
Wenn die Menschen recht schlecht werden, haben sie keinen Anteil mehr als die Sc — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For love of our Almighty God, the Lord of all, Who would not die; a stock, a blo — Rumi