No man ever followed his genius till it misled him. Though the results were bodily weakness, yet perhaps no one can say that the consequences were to be regretted, for these were a life in conformity to higher principles. If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, -that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself the greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We easily come to doubt if they exist. We soon forget them. They are the highest reality …. The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow that I have clutched.
Walden, or Life in the woods.
1 comment:
Gosh!
[This comment is a general one]
I must say, you got a healthy reading habit. That is very nice.
Keep them going on.
Sometimes books not just make us feel good, but also influence our whole rationale. It is weird that which book does what to your mind.
:)
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