The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes. РJos̩ Ortega y Gasset

Though we live amid promiscuous pressures, spiritual clutter and forgetfulness, we probably still value the integrity of life. – Baker Brownell, The College and the Community, 1952

There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold. – Henry David Thoreau