Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau ## Quotes - [[A man is rich in proportion of the number of things which he can afford to let alone]] - [[Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify.]] - [[Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it]]