“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.”
― On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
― On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
“Finding is losing something else.
I think about, perhaps even mourn,
what I lost to find this”
― Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork
I think about, perhaps even mourn,
what I lost to find this”
― Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― 100 Love Sonnets
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