Carlyle said that how to observe was to look, but I say that it is rather to see, and the more you look the less you will observe.
Henry David ThoreauWealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality.
Henry David ThoreauThere is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness. When sometimes I am reminded that the mechanics and shopkeepers stay in their shops not only all the forenoon, but all the afternoon too, sitting with crossed legs, so many of them - as if the legs were made to sit upon, and not to stand or walk upon.
Henry David Thoreau