Have you ever felt calmer and more at peace with yourself when you are in the wild? Many people have left the hustle and bustle of the urban life to live a more harmonious life in the lap of nature. Henry David Thoreau was a nature mystic, who found peace in simple living and closeness to nature.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was one of America’s first philosopher-writer-activists. His legacy is still strong in the country as he is one of the most influential personalities even today.
In 1845, Thoreau became disillusioned with much of the contemporary life. Therefore, he set out to live alone in a small house he built near the shore of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. He spent two years there living a life of utter simplicity. These years were the inspiration for his acclaimed work, Walden, or Life in the Woods, a meditation on life and nature. The book is considered a must-read for all environmentalists.
Thoreau also wrote an influential political piece called Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience), which inspired Mahatma Gandhi to try the Civil Disobedience Movement in, India successfully.
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