Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale. Henry David Thoreau
A journal is a record of experiences and growth, not a preserve of things well done or said. Henry David Thoreau
I have the habit of attention to such excess, that my senses get no rest - but suffer from a constant strain. Henry David Thoreau