Things do not change, we change.Henry David Thoreau
“The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.”
“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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