There are theoretical reformers at all times, and all the world over, living on anticipation.
Henry David ThoreauThe fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.
Henry David ThoreauWhite Pond and Walden are great crystals on the surface of the earth, Lakes of Light.... They are too pure to have a market value;they contain no muck. How much more beautiful than our lives, how much more transparent than our characters are they! We never learned meanness of them.
Henry David ThoreauEach reaching and aspiration is an instinct with which all nature consists and cรถoperates, and therefore it is not in vain. But alas! each relaxing and desperation is an instinct too. To be active, well, happy, implies courage. To be ready to fight in a duel or a battle implies desperation, or that you hold your life cheap.
Henry David Thoreau