So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change. This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre. All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind. Why should we exaggerate any one kind at the expense of the others?

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

Henry David Thoreau Quotes