Henry David Thoreau Quote

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.


Where I Lived, and What I Lived For, in Walden, 1854


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...

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...

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...

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...