There is no ill which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it.
Henry David ThoreauIn love and friendship the imagination is as much exercised as the heart; and if either is outraged the other will be estranged. It is commonly the imagination which is wounded first, rather than the heart,--it is so much the more sensitive.
Henry David ThoreauThere never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
Henry David ThoreauI am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety.
Henry David Thoreau