"If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence — that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of reality. This is always exhilarating and sublime. By closing the eyes and slumbering, and consenting to be deceived by shows, men establish and confirm their daily life of routine and habit everywhere, which still is built on purely illusory foundations." — Henry David Thoreau; "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" Do not rush your great works simply because the customer is impatient or the bills are due. Great works take time and Rome was not built in a day. Life has a way of working out exactly as it should for those who work hard and consistently.