“A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.”
― Walden
― Walden
“It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
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