我們的神殿

Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

林肯曾經說過，一個人40歲以後的相貌應該由自己負責。("Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40.")

梭羅說，任何的高潔，都會馬上使一個人有更優雅的特徵；任何的卑下或肉慾，都會使他更像野獸。

《薄伽梵歌》有：人由自己的信仰建構而成。信仰崇拜什麼，他就會變成什麼。 (17.3)

梭羅則說，每個人都是神殿的建造者，此神殿即他的身軀，用來供奉他所信仰的神；用我們自己的血肉骨幹當材料，以我們自己的風格來設計建造。

什麼都不信的人，就什麼也不是。現在的人大多相信金錢，所以到處都聞得到銅臭味，即便他們們噴了再多再貴的香水也掩蓋不了。