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 THOREAUSimplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
More Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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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 language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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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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Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time.
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Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
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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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The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.
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Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be.
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
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Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
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Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.
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Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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Renew thyself completely each day.
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Friends, they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.
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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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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
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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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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
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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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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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