The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

From Psalm 126:6:  “Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American naturalist, poet, and philosopher.  Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne, many of his writings reflected upon living in natural surroundings.