Petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality.
Tag: Henry David Thoreau
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In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake.
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.
In the long run, you hit only what you aim at: Therefore aim high.
Be not simply good – be good for something.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Things do not change; we change.
Many go fishing without knowing it is fish they are after.