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Henry David Thoreau
1817 – 1862 · Writer, Naturalist, Philosopher
Thoreau walked into the woods at Walden Pond to strip life down to its essentials and prove that most of what people chase is unnecessary. He went to jail rather than pay taxes supporting a war he opposed, and wrote the essay on civil disobedience that later inspired Gandhi and King.
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VIR-I-0014“I lost something important because I refused to compromise my values.”DTH-XII-0008“I'm at the halfway point of my life and I'm taking stock.”DTH-X-0016“I want to understand what I actually believe about death.”VER-XIII-0001“I feel like I'm being manipulated by social media but I can't stop scrolling.”VER-XIII-0010“Someone stole my digital identity and I didn't know for months.”APX-VI-0042“My anger keeps making my decisions and then I live with the wreckage.”APX-VI-0045“We reconciled because I finally owned my half instead of waiting for theirs.”CTL-IX-0045“I'm completely burned out and I can't even tell where work ends anymore.”DTH-X-0055“I've said 'someday' for twenty years and the somedays are running out.”VER-XIV-0027“I built a team that actually tells me when I'm wrong.”VER-XIII-0039“I know the late scrolling wrecks my sleep and I do it anyway, every night.”VER-XIII-0040“I have hundreds of followers and not one person I could call right now.”
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