As for conforming outwardly, and living your own life...

As for conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that. Let not your right hand know what your left hand does in that line of business. It will prove a failure.... It is a greater strain than any soul can long endure. When you get God to pulling one way, and the devil the other, each having his feet well braced,--to say nothing of the conscience sawing transversely,--almost any timber will give way.

Henry David Thoreau Quote About Thinking, Hands, Feet: As For Conforming Outwardly And...

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