- Henry David Thoreau .

" If you build castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."

Aim high and dream big but build up enough of your life in that direction so that one day you can stand upon that work and it will hold you up. You need enough to hold up your dreams so that when you finally get there, you're able to stand upon them without having the castle come crashing down to earth. Find a way for the earth to meet your dreams, that way your dreams are more of a reality than if they're forever up in the air. But you must dream otherwise you have nothing to build up to.

After studying at Harvard and growing exceedingly close to his brother John, Henry David Thoreau was further traumatized from witnessing the death of his brother . This damage further pushed Thoreau to continue to read and write and grow, inspiring him to move to Walden pond. Writing his first book there, he also spent much time exploring nature and ways of life. After two years Thoreau returned home where he then spent 9 years rewriting his book to perfection concerning his experiment of living at Walden, finding great joy in things that most wouldn't be able to see. People often identified him as the "hermit in the wilderness." He had always been able to question and wonder in ways that most couldn't. Never attempting to push his way of life upon others, Thoreau was on a quest to find harmony within himself and relate that to his social, political, and cultural surroundings. Emerson once defined his as "the bachelor of thought and Nature".