How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
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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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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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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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
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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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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
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I make myself rich by making my wants few.
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I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don’t get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next.
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Write while the heat is in you.
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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
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An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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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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