Power
"Power is a poison well known for thousands of years." "But to the human being who has faith in some force that holds dominion over all of us, and who is therefore conscious of his own limitations, power is not necessarily fatal. For those, however, who are unaware of any higher sphere, it is a deadly poison. For them there is no antidote." [66 million people and 70 years testify to the death of God.]
"Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig." [Nature]
"There is no way of sidestepping this comparison: both the years and the methods coincide too closely. And the comparison occurred even more naturally to those who had passed through the hands of both the Gestapo and the MGB." .... "The Gestapo accused him of Communist activities among Russian workers in Germany, and the MGB charged him with having ties to the international bourgeoisie." "He was tortured by both, but the Gestapo was nonetheless trying to get at the truth, and when the accusation did not hold up, [he] was released. The MGB wasn't interested in the truth and had no intention of letting anyone out of its grip once he was arrested." [Bluecap test. Will you pass?]
"Young people are acquiring the conviction that foul deeds are never punished on earth, that they always bring prosperity." "It is going to be uncomfortable, horrible, to live in such a county [future]." [Must the tide return?]
"We have lost the measure of freedom. We have no means of determining where it begins and where it ends." [a young american?]
"A man's family are his enemies." [deception]
"You can pray freely, but just so God alone can hear." [despair or hope?]
"If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously commiting evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" [The only change that matters is the one we make in ourselves, within our own hearts.]
"Know thyself!" [There is nothing more powerful that we may be taught by Man.]
"Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig." [Nature]
"There is no way of sidestepping this comparison: both the years and the methods coincide too closely. And the comparison occurred even more naturally to those who had passed through the hands of both the Gestapo and the MGB." .... "The Gestapo accused him of Communist activities among Russian workers in Germany, and the MGB charged him with having ties to the international bourgeoisie." "He was tortured by both, but the Gestapo was nonetheless trying to get at the truth, and when the accusation did not hold up, [he] was released. The MGB wasn't interested in the truth and had no intention of letting anyone out of its grip once he was arrested." [Bluecap test. Will you pass?]
"Young people are acquiring the conviction that foul deeds are never punished on earth, that they always bring prosperity." "It is going to be uncomfortable, horrible, to live in such a county [future]." [Must the tide return?]
"We have lost the measure of freedom. We have no means of determining where it begins and where it ends." [a young american?]
"A man's family are his enemies." [deception]
"You can pray freely, but just so God alone can hear." [despair or hope?]
"If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously commiting evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" [The only change that matters is the one we make in ourselves, within our own hearts.]
"Know thyself!" [There is nothing more powerful that we may be taught by Man.]
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