1817–1862
Henry David Thoreau
He built a hut by a pond and lived there alone for two years to find out how little a person really needs. He wrote the answer down.
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
Henry David Thoreau · Walden
“The price of a thing is the amount of life you give for it.”
Henry David Thoreau · Walden
Walden (1854), public domain.