“Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.”
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Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.
