According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride.
You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.
A myth is a lie that conveys a truth.
Dearest Daughter. I knew you would not be long in coming to me. Joy shall be yours.
Ah, poor Pole. It's been to much for her, this last bit. Turned her head, I shouldn't wonder. She's beginning to see things.
We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination.