It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world, which the humblest man has not faculties to surmount.
Henry David ThoreauAll that is told of the sea has a fabulous sound to an inhabitant of the land and all its products have a certain fabulous quality, as if they belonged to another planet.
Henry David ThoreauBegin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.
Henry David ThoreauEvery man has to learn the points of the compass again as often as he awakes, whether from sleep or any abstraction.
Henry David Thoreau