As I stand over the insect crawling amid the pine needles on the forest floor, and endeavoring to conceal itself from my sight, and ask myself why it will cherish those humble thoughts, and hide its head from me who might perhaps be its benefactor, and impart to its race some cheering information, I am reminded of the greater Benefactor and Intelligence that stands over me the human insect.
— Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854
Posted September 23, 2010 at 10:33pm in Henry David Thoreau Thoreau quote Quote of the Day Walden
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