David MitchellStrip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core.
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In a quote from the book Walden, Henry David Thoreau, a prolific writer of essays and books, said: “Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core.” Only when people strip away all the things that they were taught in school do they find what is truly important to them. For some people this might be religion or patriotism or social status. For others it might be love or generosity. But for everyone it will be something that is deeply personal and emotional. This quote is about stripping away all of the things that we've been told are important to us, in order to find what's really important to us in life.
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