“As there is no pleasure in military life for a soldier who fears death, so there is no independence in civil existence for the man who has an overpowering dread of solitude.” MenPleasureExistenceMilitaryHe ManSolitudeIndependenceSoldierDreadFear Of DeathOverpoweringMilitary Life Book:Human Intercourse Source: Human Intercourse
“A perfect life is like that of a ship of war which has its own place in the fleet and can share in its strength and discipline, but can also go forth alone in the solitude of the infinite sea. We ought to belong to society, to have our place in it, and yet be capable of a complete individual existence outside of it.” LifeWarLife IsIndividualPerfectExistenceSeaShareOughtDisciplineSolitudeCapableInfiniteIndividualityShipsLife Is LikePerfect Life Book:The Intellectual Life Source: The Intellectual Life
