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“We must become friends of despair if we are to be drawn above it to genuine and heartfelt hope. Far from being
an exercise in morbidity or arrogance, a deepening acquaintance with our
death and with the vanity of human wishes is our worldly hearts a
needed path to perfect health (61).”
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
an exercise in morbidity or arrogance, a deepening acquaintance with our
death and with the vanity of human wishes is our worldly hearts a
needed path to perfect health (61).”
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
“I really wanted to punish humanity, but I realized that I was playing God, and that didn't work.”
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“Surely there can be no more superficial people than the Japanese. They were not able to transcend the demon of economic development and as a result, we have the corruption of the world, the loss of ideals, and the worship of material things.”
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“Christianity is not a therapy for those who wish never to be upset (177).”
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
― Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues
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