我步入叢林，因為我希望生活有意義。我希望活得深刻，汲取生命中所有精華。把非生命的一切都擊潰，以免我在彌留之際，發現自己從未真正活過
I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.
補充:大多數人都生活在平靜的絕望中
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.
