There is more religion in men's science, than there is science in their religion.
Henry David ThoreauHaving reached the term of his natural life"; Mwould it not be truer to say, Having reached the term of his unnatural life?
Henry David ThoreauDoubtless, we are as slow to conceive of Paradise as of Heaven, of a perfect natural as of a perfect spiritual world. We see how past ages have loitered and erred. "Is perhaps our generation free from irrationality and error? Have we perhaps reached now the summit of human wisdom, and need no more to look out for mental or physical improvement?" Undoubtedly, we are never so visionary as to be prepared for what the next hour may bring forth.
Henry David ThoreauSome are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.
Henry David Thoreau