...simplicity and then wrote it about most eloquently was Henry David Thoreau. "I went to the woods," he said, "because I wished to live deliberately, to front only...and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."17 It was Thoreau who advised us to march to a different drummer and to "beware of all enterprises...

...Words of a Sage } / went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to confront only the 0 essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn...when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. — Henry David Thoreau As far as this book is concerned, camping occurs most often in a state or national...

...contentment he found living out a spartan existence in the north. Henry David Thoreau had it right: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...the essential facts of life and see if I could not bring what it had to teach and when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I wanted to suck...

...My goal was to gain a deeper understanding of God's hope for me— never to be disillusioned again. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach, and not, when I come to die, discover that I had not lived. . . .' -Henry...

...to reflect on the writer for whom they are named. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau wrote in Waiden, "\ went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover, that I had not lived." Eager to...

...Having learned how happy he could be with nearly nothing, he returned to society with renewed vigor: / went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach, and not, when I come to die, discover that I had not lived... I left the...

...I Lived For," begins the narrative of the year at the pond. Here is Thoreau's statement of purpose: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and to see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover, that I had...

...further discussion and examples of defining and measuring goals. Profit Matters The PEI '-Genesis Story I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and to see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had...

...shrink from this duty and follow instead the dictates of family, society, or religion. Thoreau writes, "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, so that when I came to die I would not discover that I had not lived." That last clause indicates the...

...reaches its crescendo in a famous passage singing the praises of selfdevelopment and self-knowledge: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life" (90). It begins, however, piano: "At a certain season of our life we are accustomed to consider every...