Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I...

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

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

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

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...

We hate the kindness which we understand.

We hate the kindness which we understand.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

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...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

The works of the great poets have never yet been read by mankind, for only...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the...

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

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.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

Justice is sweet and musical; but injustice is harsh and discordant.

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...