Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind.
Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church. No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. If you stand right fronting and face to face to a fact, you will see the sun glimmer on both the hear and marrow, and so you will happily conclude your mortal career. Be it life or death, we crave only reality.