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English quote on philosophy of life
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion. For most men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty about it.
— By Henry David Thoreau
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About Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay “Civil Disobedience” (originally published as “Resistance to Civil Government”), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
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It is so interesting how many years humans have lived and we still can’t exactly understand the philosophy of it. He didn’t mention the conclusion, I wanted to know that.
How perfectionist was the writer. He wants to know whether life has enough value to live and whether we enjoy and experience every single moment of it and learn what we have to teach that when we come to death we know that we had done what we should. How nice is this thought and how beautifully was described. I really enjoyed it.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach. Wow, this poem was really incredible and amazing and Henry David Thoreau was really talented to right this.
I got familiar with this poem (quote) for the first time from Dead Poet Society movie. The theme of this quote and the movie ( Carpe diem), still makes me think and wonder. I was a teenager back then and this quote had touched me and inspired me to follow my passion and live a better and more conscious life.
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