I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we un- consciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent to us which way we walk. There is a right way; but we are very liable from heedlessness and stupidity to take the wrong one. We would fain take that walk, never yet taken by us through this actual world, which is perfectly symbolical of the path which we love to travel in the interior and ideal world; and sometimes, no doubt, we find it difficult to choose our direction, because it does not yet exist distinctly in our idea.
HJFinAZ: I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we un- consciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent to us which way we walk. There is a right way; but we are very liable from heedlessness and stupidity to take the wrong one. We would fain take that walk, never yet taken by us through this actual world, which is perfectly symbolical of the path which we love to travel in the interior and ideal world; and sometimes, no doubt, we find it difficult to choose our direction, because it does not yet exist distinctly in our idea.
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HJFinAZ: I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we un- consciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent to us which way we walk. There is a right way; but we are very liable from heedlessness and stupidity to take the wrong one. We would fain take that walk, never yet taken by us through this actual world, which is perfectly symbolical of the path which we love to travel in the interior and ideal world; and sometimes, no doubt, we find it difficult to choose our direction, because it does not yet exist distinctly in our idea.
-- Henry David Thoreau
You're in a philosophical mood tonight. I like you this way.
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consciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent to us
which way we walk. There is a right way; but we are very liable from
heedlessness and stupidity to take the wrong one. We would fain take
that walk, never yet taken by us through this actual world, which is
perfectly symbolical of the path which we love to travel in the interior
and ideal world; and sometimes, no doubt, we find it difficult to choose
our direction, because it does not yet exist distinctly in our idea.
-- Henry David Thoreau