Civilization has provided no peace, no spectacle, no assurance to the human heart which can transcend the simple, ever-changing, matchless beauty and peace of the natural world

Harvey Broome
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In this quote, Henry David Thoreau says that civilization has not provided us with any peace, no spectacle, and no assurance. In an interview, Thoreau said: “Civilization has provided no peace. No spectacle can be so delightful as the woods and fields we have left… we have tried to live on the surface of things and it has not satisfied us. We have had our fill of show and we want more than that, we want reality.”

Source: Out Under The Sky Of The Great Smokies

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