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 he hears, however measured or far away.
HENRY DAVID THOREAUIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.
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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
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Life in us is like the water in a river.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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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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It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
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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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If you want to be happy, be!
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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
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The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
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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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To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?
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