"The same law that shapes the earth-star..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“I noticed, as I had done before, that there was a lull among the mosquitoes about midnight, and that they began again in the morning. Nature is thus merciful. But apparently they need rest as well as we.”

“All men are partially buried in the grave of custom, and of some we see only the crown of the head above ground. Better are the physically dead, for they more lively rot. Even virtue is no longer such if it be stagnant. A man's life should be constantly as fresh as this river. It should be the same channel, but a new water every instant.”

“Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.”

“You must hear the birds song without attempting to render it into nouns and verbs.”

“In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.”

“Nature loves nothing solitary, and always reaches out to something, as a support, which ever in the sincerest friend is most delightful.”

“Always the laws of light are the same, but the modes and degrees of seeing vary.”

“Of course, the truth is that the congresspersons are too busy raising campaign money to read the laws they pass. The laws are written by staff tax nerds who can put pretty much any wording they want in there. I bet that if you actually read the entire vastness of the US tax code, you'd find at least one sex scene. ("Yes, yes, YES!" moaned Vanessa as Lance, his taut body moist with moisture, again and again depreciated her adjusted gross rate of annualized fiscal debenture...)”

“It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself through obedience to the laws of his being, which will never be one of opposition to a just government, if he should chance to meet with such.”