“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.”

— Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854), "Conclusion"

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About Henry David Thoreau

1817 – 1862

American essayist, poet and naturalist, best known for 'Walden', his account of living simply in a cabin near Walden Pond.

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