Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau
The Village
For: Gossip, societal surveillance, and collective noise
This chapter helps you insulate your soul from the suffocating scrutiny, gossip, and collective expectations of society. It teaches you to dip into social life with conscious detachment, protecting your individuality by retreating into sacred quiet.
“Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.”