• The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.

  Henry David Thoreau
  American writer 1817-1862
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. qualities
2. preserved
3. ourselves
4. handling
5. tenderly

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The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly. by : Henry David Thoreau

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