by bogenfreund

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them.” -Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau, 1817 – 1862, was an American author, poet, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. He is well-known for his treatise Civil Disobedience in which he espouses much-quoted libertarian values. The smaller the government, the better and all that. From the existing state of affairs in America, his ideals failed miserably. That didn’t mean his work went to waste. The concept of civil disobedience carried on and lived in the practices of Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. They built the foundations, and the result is clear today.

Which brings me to my next quote:

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” -Nelson Henderson

What will you do today affecting tomorrow?

Bookmark It

Hide Sites