"We have heard much about the poetry..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”

“We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bone.”

“It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.”

“To speak freely of mathematics, I find it the highest exercise of the spirit; but at the same time I know that it is so useless that I make little distinction between a man who is only a mathematician and a common artisan. Also, I call it the most beautiful profession in the world; but it is only a profession.”

“... nets, grids, and other types of calculus.”

“7 x 7 plus love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.”

“Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began, as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. Also, it began through the process of seeing, and feeling, and hearing, and smelling, and touching, and then remembering--I mean remembering in words--what these perceptual experiences were like, while trying to describe the endless invisible fears and desires of our inner lives.”

“My brain hums with scraps of poetry and madness.”

“one pale woman all alone,The daylight kissing her wan hair,Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare,With lips of flame and heart of stone.”