“Do we indeed desire the dead Should still be near us at our side ? Is there no baseness we would hide ? No inner vileness that we dread ? How many a father have I seen A sober man, among his boys Whose youth was full of foolish noise.” MenShouldStillsDesireFatherSidesBoysYouthFoolishNoiseDreadSoberBaseness Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Religion and nationalism, as well as any custom and any belief however absurd and degrading, if it only connects the individual with others, are refuges from what man most dreads: isolation.” IfsMenWellsIndividualBeliefAbsurdIsolationNationalismCustomsDreadRefugeDegrading Book:Escape from Freedom Source: Escape from Freedom