"It is usually the imagination that is..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“The only government that I recognize--and it matters not how few are at the head of it, or how small its army--is that power thatestablishes justice in the land, never that which establishes injustice.”
“I saw a delicate flower had grown up two feet highbetween the horses' feet and the wheel-track.Which Dakin's and Maynard's wagons hadPassed over many a time.An inch more to the right or left had sealed its fate,Or an inch higher. Yet it lived and flourished,As much as if it had a thousand acresOf untrodden space around it, and neverKnew the danger it incurred.It did not borrow trouble, nor invite anEvil fate by apprehending it.”
“There must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.”
More on Imagination
“Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.”
“I can imagine what can be, unburdened by what has been.”
“I find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present.”
More on Sensitivity
“To know the pain of too much tenderness”
“We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.”
“Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.”