The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is the square root of wonderful.

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I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness...

I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness...

All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the...

All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the...

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a...

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a...

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from...

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from...

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe - the...

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe - the...

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the...

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded...

Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head....

Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head....

An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.

An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.

Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers

Only a weak mind seeks ultimate answers

If we can open your mind to laughter, we can slip in a little information

If we can open your mind to laughter, we can slip in a little information

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart...

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart...

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the...

From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the...

Can wealth give happiness? Look around and see, what gay distress! What splendid misery! Whatever...

Can wealth give happiness? Look around and see, what gay distress! What splendid misery! Whatever...

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the...

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the...

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right...

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right...

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called Facts. They are the...

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called Facts. They are the...

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell,...

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell,...

Limits exist only in the mind

Limits exist only in the mind