Is not cant the materia prima of the devil, from which all falsehoods, imbecilities, abominations, body themselves, from which no true thing can come? For cant is itself the properly a double-distilled lie, the second power of a lie.
Thomas CarlylePerfect ignorance is quiet, perfect knowledge is quiet; not so the transition from the former to the latter.
Thomas CarlyleThere is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it.
Thomas Carlyle