“This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“I am convinced that if all men were to live as simply as I then did, thieving and robbery would be unknown. These take place only in communities where some have got more than is sufficient while others have not enough.”
― Walden & Civil Disobedience
― Walden & Civil Disobedience
“a fool forgetting all the ideals and joys I knew before, in my recent years of drinking and disappointment, what does he care if he hasn't got any money: he doesn't need any money, all he needs is his rucksack with those little plastic bags of dried food and a good pair of shoes and off he goes and enjoys the privileges of a millionaire in surroundings like this.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums
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