"Everything counts for gain when we are cosmically……" — Henry David Thoreau
"Everything counts for gain when we are cosmically awake. Nothing counts, unless we are awake. No enjoyments last, no successes satisfy, no gains have meaning unless accomplished in a state of wakefulness."
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Henry David Thoreau
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