I went to the woods because I wished 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.
我步入丛林，因为我希望生活有意义。我希望活得深刻，吸取生命中所有的精华，把非生命的一切都击溃。
在糟糕的时候抱有希望不仅仅是愚蠢的浪漫。这是基于人类历史不仅是残酷的历史，也是同情、牺牲、勇气和善良的历史。