Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. But do not care to convince him. Men will believe what they see. Let them see.
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The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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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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Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.
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There is no remedy for love but to love more.
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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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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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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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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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If you want to be happy, be!
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