This is a great quote !what do you think it means?

Question

If a man doesn't keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him stop to the music he hears, however measured or far away

- Henry David Thoreau

Answer 1

I think this quotes means to not try to keep up with everyone else.  To do things at your own pace and don't do something just because everyone else is doing it.

This is a great quote!

Answer 2

It signifies the will within each of us to dare to be different, to trust ourselves and go in a direction of our soul's calling desite criticism of many

( especially family) to live a self-actualized life.

Answer 3

It means that we shouldn't be followers, that we should each do what is right for us, in our lives.