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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats.
In Walden, by "quiet desperation" Thoreau means the suffering of people who lead shallow, inauthentic lives dominated by competition for wealth, success, or the struggle...
Jun 20, 2018 · Thoreau's claim is simply false: the mass of people in the world do not lead a life of quiet desperation but, rather, of happiness. Moreover, there are methods that help many who live...
Mar 20, 2017 · Thoreau’s famous quote — “The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation” — is most frequently used as a reason for following one’s passion and achieving a life which avoids the mediocrity of playing it small and attains to extra-ordinary success.
6 days ago · The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.
Jan 28, 2021 · The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats.
Apr 30, 2012 · The New York Times corrects a misquote of Thoreau’s “quiet desperation” line: An article last Sunday about Alan Z. Feuer, a New Yorker who reinvented himself and was often seen at society...
