“Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies.”
― Walden, or Life in the Woods
― Walden, or Life in the Woods
“In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.”
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“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will tax the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object. Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
Me’s 2025 Year in Books
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