Benjamin Lay (1681–1760) was a Quaker philanthropist and abolitionist.
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“To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)
“It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)