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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

After Thoreau, Walden, 1854

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A shortened, poster-friendly version of a sentence from the conclusion of Walden (1854) by the American writer Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862). He actually wrote: ‘If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.’ The book grew from the two years he spent living simply in a cabin he built beside Walden Pond in Massachusetts. The popular version drops his promise: the reward is a success you did not expect.

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Hayallerinin peşinden kendinden emin adımlarla git. Hayal ettiğin hayatı yaşa.
Thoreau'dan, Walden, 1854

Amerikalı yazar Henry David Thoreau'nun (1817–1862) Walden (1854) kitabının sonuç bölümündeki bir cümlenin kısaltılmış, afişlere uygun hâli. Thoreau'nun asıl yazdığı şudur: “İnsan hayallerinin yönünde güvenle ilerler ve hayal ettiği hayatı yaşamaya çalışırsa, sıradan zamanlarda ummadığı bir başarıyla karşılaşır.” Kitap, Massachusetts'teki Walden Gölü kıyısında kendi yaptığı bir kulübede sade bir hayat sürdüğü iki yıldan doğdu. Popüler biçim, Thoreau'nun asıl vaadini atlar: Sonunda gelen, beklenmedik bir başarıdır.

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