"We are all sculptors and painters, and..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bone.
More by Henry David Thoreau
“We are underbred and low-lived and illiterate; and in this respect I confess I do not make any very broad distinction between theilliterateness of my townsman who cannot read at all and the illiterateness of him who has learned to read only what is for children and feeble intellects. We should be as good as the worthies of antiquity, but partly by first knowing how good they were.”
“The voice of nature is always encouraging.”
“The only danger in Friendship is that it will end.”
More on Self Creation
“You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.”
“We become what we think about all day long. The qustion is, "What do you think about?"”
“One must give value to their existence by behaving as if ones very existence were a work of art.”
More on Identity
“I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.”
“The most important healing - realizing who you are. The healing on the outer level is fine, but it's not the essence of healing.”
“You are not 'in the now;' you are the now. That is your essential identity-the only thing that never changes. Life is always now. Now is consciousness. And consciousness is who you are. That's the equation.”