Henry David Thoreau：Live Deliberately
Henry David Thoreau《Walden》· Where I Lived, and What I Lived For · Character · Philosophy · Growth · Learning
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.
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Live deliberately, face the essential facts, and do not discover at death that you never lived.
Context
Walden, chapter 2. Thoreau lived alone at Walden Pond for two years from 1845, running an experiment in the cost of living: strip away the inessential and see what remains.
Today's question
If you removed everything inessential, what would remain in your day?
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