Author: Henry David Thoreau

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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

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

- 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

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

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.

- Henry David Thoreau

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

- 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 most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

- Henry David Thoreau

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

- Henry David Thoreau

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