"A single gentle rain makes the grass..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“Doubtless, we are as slow to conceive of Paradise as of Heaven, of a perfect natural as of a perfect spiritual world. We see how past ages have loitered and erred. "Is perhaps our generation free from irrationality and error? Have we perhaps reached now the summit of human wisdom, and need no more to look out for mental or physical improvement?" Undoubtedly, we are never so visionary as to be prepared for what the next hour may bring forth.”
“You never gain something but that you lose something.”
“I learned to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of nature, rather than a member of society.”
More on Nature
“You only need sit still long enough in some attractive spot in the woods that all its inhabitants may exhibit themselves to you by turns.”
“Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything...”
“Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it again, it is remembered like a dream, reminding us of a previous state of existence. How happens it that the associations it awakens are always pleasing, never saddening, reminiscences of our sanest hours. The voice of nature is always encouraging.”