Amerikali deneme ve roman yazari, sair ve filozof Henry David Thoreau, Ormanda Yasam (Walden) romanini 9 Agustos 1854 tarihinde yayimladi.
"Zaman olta attigim bir akintidan baska bir sey degildir. Bu akintidan icerim; fakat icerken kumlu dibini gorur, ne kadar sig oldugunun farkina varirim. Zayif dalgalari akar gider, fakat ebediyet kalir. Daha derinden icmek, dibinde yildizlar yatan gokyuzune olta atmak isterim. Bire kadar bile sayamam. Alfabenin ilk harfini bile bilemem. Dogdugum gunku kadar bilge olamadigim icin hep pismanlik duymusumdur. Zeka bir baltadir; seylerin gizeminin farkina varir ve bu gizeme bir yol acar. Ellerimin gerektiginden daha mesgul olmasini istemiyorum. Basim, ellerim ve ayaklarimdir. En iyi kabiliyetlerimin basimda yogunlastigini hissediyorum. Icgudulerim basimin bir kazma organi oldugunu soyluyor, nasil bazi hayvanlar burunlarini ve on pencelerini kullaniyorsa bende basimi kullanip bu tepelerin icinde maden kazip yolumu acacagim."
"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born. The intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secret of things. I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary. My head is hands and feet. I feel all my best faculties concentrated in it. My instinct tells me that my head is an organ for burrowing, as some creatures use their snout and fore paws, and with it I would mine and burrow my way through these hills. I think that the richest vein is somewhere hereabouts; so by the divining-rod and thin rising vapors I judge; and here I will begin to mine."
“Su an yasamak zorundasiniz, kendinizi her dalgada baslatin, sonsuzlugunuzu her an bulabilirsiniz. / You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
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