Success in life is subjective and complex, with various definitions. “Know thyself” is crucial for success, as is maintaining relationships and following one’s happiness in career choices. Failure can fuel future successes, and a full experience of human life is the ultimate goal. From the philosophy of the ancients, to the self-help books that line […]
Thoreau’s iconic memoir about life in the outdoors, Walden, exaggerates his solitude. His mother visited him regularly at his cabin, which was only a 20-minute walk from his family home in Concord. Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience” inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. Henry David Thoreau has iconic status among introverts, conservationists, and transcendentalists, […]