

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”
― Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
― Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation

“it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously - I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.”
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“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
― Walden and Other Writings
― Walden and Other Writings

“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?”
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“I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
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