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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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can...

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

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...

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...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

I should be pleased to meet man in the woods. I wish he were to...

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and...

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

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

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

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest...

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.