Which one keeps calling?

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

A single flash of the True Light caught in a tavern is worth a temple's years of loss—where would you look for truth?

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

Our sensibilities make us perilous—on this mountain a single loud word can set stones and death loose.

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

We don’t advance in straight lines; we circle back to infancy, doubt, and 'If'—where, then, is the final harbor?

The Prophet

In much of your talking, thinking is half murdered — words let thought spread its wings but not fly.

Jane Eyre

Should you defy the world's judgment to bind yourself to a repentant stranger?

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

A dark, keel-less canoe at dawn—why would a man choose to be floated away rather than buried in a hammock tossed to sharks?

The Republic

They sell the mob’s appetites as wisdom—what becomes of truth then?

The Prophet

You tremble at death like a shepherd before a king—what if that trembling hides a secret joy?

Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

Rainbow at my shoulder, a Good Genius urges: seek adventures, grow wild, and make earning a living your sport, not your trade.

Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

Walden remains perennially young; all the change is in me—what does that say about time and who grows older?

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

When I found you safe, I could've got down on my knees—yet all you did was try to make a fool of me.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Would Tom Sawyer let a boy die to save him? He wouldn’t—so why should we expect Jim to do it?

Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

What use is a shepherd whose flocks graze higher than his thoughts?

Essays — First Series

Faith that rests on authority is withdrawal; real faith is the soul's solitary affirmation—will you trust it?

Essays — First Series

Why do ordinary conversations sometimes feel like a temple where everyone suddenly thinks higher together?