Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.
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Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.
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That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
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I can alter my life by altering my attitude. He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
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A truly good book teaches me better than to read it.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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All good things are wild and free.
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Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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