Author: Henry David Thoreau

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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

- Henry David Thoreau

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

- Henry David Thoreau

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 which he hears, however measured or far away.

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 which he hears, however measured or far away.

- Henry David Thoreau

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

- Henry David Thoreau

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

- Henry David Thoreau

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

- Henry David Thoreau

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

- Henry David Thoreau

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

- Henry David Thoreau

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

- Henry David Thoreau

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