If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

Thinking is only a process of talking to yourself.

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to...

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It takes two to speak the truth one to speak, and another to hear.

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in...

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he...

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which...

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...