The most stupendous scenery ceases to be sublime when it becomes distinct, or in other words limited, and the imagination is no longer encouraged to exaggerate it. The actual height and breadth of a mountain or a waterfall are always ridiculously small; they are the imagined only that content us.
Henry David ThoreauI am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.
Henry David ThoreauIt is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.
Henry David Thoreau