"I know of no more encouraging
fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through
which we look, which morally we can do.
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most
elevated and critical hour. If we refused, or rather
used up, such paltry information as we get, the
oracles would distinctly inform us how this might
be done"
- Henry David Thoreau
A project created by Charlie Abrams
"I know of no more encouraging
fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.
It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through
which we look, which morally we can do.
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most
elevated and critical hour. If we refused, or rather
used up, such paltry information as we get, the
oracles would distinctly inform us how this might
be done"
- Henry David Thoreau
A project created by Charlie Abrams