| Author Quoted | Henry David Thoreau |
| Title Quoted | Walden or Life in the Woods |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1950/12/08 |
| Imprint | [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 1854I |
| Quotation | Compare the basic asceticism in Walden with that of St. John of the Crossagreement on the fundamental idea-not, of course, on the means or technique, except to some extent. Ascesis of solitude. Simplification of life. The separation of reality from illusion. "If we respected only what is inevitable, and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets." |
| Quotation Source | Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 2, 1941-1952.; Edited by Jonathan Montaldo. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 446 |
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