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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Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can...

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might...

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for...

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than...

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things....

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

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.

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by...

The universe is wider than our views of it.

The universe is wider than our views of it.