Thoreau How Vain Sit Down To Write Not Stood Up Desk Mat

American philosopher Henry David Thoreau was a leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early-to-mid 1800s and deeply self-reflective. Thoreau was an environmentalist well before his time in his outlook on abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs. In his journals, he wrote the following: "How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live." Showcase your self-reflective and philosophical side with this desk mat featuring this timeless quote on writing and living by Henry David Thoreau!