Alive Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Life consists with Wildness. The most alive is the wildest. Not yet subdued to man, its presence refreshes him. One who pressed forward incessantly…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Life is wild”

— Mia Sheridan

But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies…

— Thomas Browne

We talk of wild animals, but the wildest animal is man.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

— Henry David Thoreau

In wildness is the salvation of the world,

— Aldo Leopold

“You need more wildness in your life.”

— Max Gladstone

“For it is a peculiarity of persons who lead rich, emotional lives, and who (as the saying is) live intensely and with a wild…

— Stella Gibbons

All of my wildness is in the writing. I have discovered I have to be orderly and boring in my personal life to be…

— Kate Zambreno

“The only life worth living is the adventurous life. Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid. It is unafraid…

— Raymond B. Fosdick

Wildness is not just the "preservation of the world," it is the world

— Gary Snyder

“I am drawn to the notion of wildness—how it shapes our fears and dreams, and how those fears and dreams can, in turn, reshape…

— Monte Reel