“I desire to go through life knowing as little of evil in it as possible. To this end, I sometimes avoid looking too closely into the nature of things, studying them only so far as they seem to be good, and abandoning interest in them as soon as their darker feature begin to appear. The good only deserves a hearty interest.” LittlesEndsSometimesSeemsDesireEvilInterestKnowingStudyDeserveBe GoodFeaturesHearty Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“In the morning of life, before its wearisome journey, The youthful soul doth expand, in the simple luxury of being; It hath not contracted its wishes, nor set a limit on its hopes; The wing of fancy is unclipped, and sin hath not seared the feelings: Each feature is stamped with immortality, for all its desires are infinite, And it seeketh an ocean of happiness, to fill the deep hollow within.” SoulFeelingsDesireWishSinSimpleMorningJourneyYouthLimitsOceanInfiniteWingsLuxuryFeaturesImmortalityFancyHollow Author:Martin Farquhar Tupper
“Whatever we, as prospective participants unaware of our specific features, would desire society to be like is what, morally speaking, we ought to institute.” DesireOughtFeaturesInstituteParticipants Author:Thomas Pogge