When Reading Thoreau's "Walden"

"There are nowadays Professors of Philosophy, but not philosophers"


And that was in the 1850's.  Don't want to even think about today.


Be well, Do good.


BG

Catching up on 2 months of reading

Memorable reads from my night in of reading for the past 4 hours:

"Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours."
- Salman Rushdie

"All the strength you need to achieve anything is within you."
- Sara Henderson

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
- Mary Pickford


"Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending."
- Jim Henson

"Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility."
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

"The price of greatness is responsibility."
- Sir Winston Churchill 

"Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest."
- William Faulkner

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think."
- Lorraine Hansberry 

"Defeat is simply a signal to press onward."
- Helen Keller 

"Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought."
- Henri Bergson 

3 to Think about

Challenge.     Disturb.      Enlighten.

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