Natural Diamonds

Famous quotes containing the words natural and/or diamonds:

“It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not shivered into diamonds over their heads.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)