The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.
More Quotes from Henry David Thoreau:
Is it the lumberman, then, who is the friend and lover of the pine, stands nearest to it, and understands its nature best Is it the tanner who has barked it, or he who has boxed it for turpentine, whom posterity will fable to have been changed into a pine at last No no it is the poet he it is who makes the truest use of the pine-who does not fondle it with an axe, nor tickle it with a saw, nor stroke it with a plane....Henry David Thoreau
The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it.
Henry David Thoreau
How can they expect a harvest of thought who have not had the seed time of character.
Henry David Thoreau
Friendship is never established as an understood relation. It is a miracle which requires constant proofs. It is an exercise of the purest imagination and of the rarest faith.
Henry David Thoreau
Friends ... They are kind to each other's hopes. They cherish each other's dreams.
Henry David Thoreau
Reacting to the news that Maine and Texas had been connected by telegraph lines, The point at issue is not whether Maine and Texas may now talk to one another, but rather whether they have anything significant to say.
Henry David Thoreau
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