Both transcendentalist thinkers draw their ideas from more or less the same foundations, especially considering that Emerson was a teacher and mentor to Thoreau. However, there is still the slight difference in that Thoreau's main focus is on the act of taking physical steps to achieve the goal of living with purpose, while Emerson delves into the internal action of thought and how to connect the 'influence of thought on the soul. . A commonly known phrase is used in the nation when action is not taken at all after thinking: "it's the thought that counts." But is it really just the thought that counts? Emerson makes a valid point when he suggests that “action is essential, inaction is cowardice, and that there cannot be a scholar without a heroic mind.” However, physical action is just as necessary and fundamental as internal action with thought. As Henry David Thoreau himself states: “If you have built castles in the air, your work is not destined to be lost; that's where they should be. Now put the foundation underneath