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 practise 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.
Henry David Thoreau
Outras frases de Henry David Thoreau
+ Fui para os bosques viver de livre vontade. Para sugar todo o tutano da vida. Para aniquilar tudo o que não era vida e para quando morrer, não descobrir que não vivi. - Henry David Thoreau
+ Para cada mil homens dedicados a cortar as folhas do mal, há apenas um atacando as raízes. - Henry David Thoreau
+ Nunca é tarde para abrirmos mão dos nossos preconceitos. - Henry David Thoreau
+ As coisas não mudam; nós é que mudamos. - Henry David Thoreau
+ Se você já construiu castelos no ar, não tenha vergonha deles. Estão onde devem estar. Agora, dê-lhes alicerces. - Henry David Thoreau