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In every man, of course, a demon lies hidden—the
Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.
“It’s a true saying then, that ‘it’s always worth while speaking to a clever man,’ ”
“Yesterday I was a fool, to-day I know better,”
teaches. And can it be a dream, that in the end man will find his joy only in deeds of light and mercy, and not in cruel pleasures as now, in gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting and envious rivalry of one with the other? I firmly believe that it is not and that the time is at hand.
Brothers, have no fear of men’s sin. Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth.
Remember particularly that you cannot be a judge of any one. For no one can judge a criminal, until he recognizes that he is just such a criminal as the man standing before him, and that he perhaps is more than all men to blame for that crime.
I ponder, “What is hell?” I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
there are some fearful ones who have given themselves over to Satan and his proud spirit entirely. For such, hell is voluntary and ever consuming; they are tortured by their own choice. For they have cursed themselves, cursing God and life. They live upon their vindictive pride like a starving man in the desert sucking blood out of his own body.
But in some cases it is really more creditable to be carried away by an emotion, however unreasonable, which springs from a great love, than to be unmoved.
I felt drawn to evil because I was base and evil myself,
Fickle is the heart of woman Treacherous and full of vice; I agree with Ulysses. That’s what he says.”
“Glory be to God in Heaven, Glory be to God in me...
when he is drunk, he is a wise man.’
‘Be patient, humble, hold thy peace.’ ”
“When all are undressed, one is somehow not ashamed, but when one’s the only one undressed and everybody is looking, it’s degrading,”
“Oh, I’ve nothing against God. Of course, God is only a hypothesis, but... I admit that He is needed... for the order of the universe and all that... and that if there were no God He would have to be invented,”
Don’t be like every one else, even if you are the only one.”
They were like two enemies in love with one another.
