“The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.”

— Henry David Thoreau · Wisdom quote

“The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.”

— HENRY DAVID THOREAU

Writer, naturalist · 1817 – 1862

American writer known for Walden (1854) and the essay Civil Disobedience.

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