Mattie

“I turned my face more exclusively than ever to the woods, where I was better known.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.”
― Romain Rolland

“When suddenly you seem to lose all you thought you had gained, do not despair. You must expect setbacks and regressions. Don't say to yourself "All is lost. I have to start all over again." This is not true. What you have gained you have gained....When you return to the the road, you return to the place where you left it, not to where you started.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom

“Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods