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Mitch Martina
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"This guy gave a life changing seminar last year that I attended, and he told me to read this book if I was interested in reflecting further upon what he discussed. The book is quite good so far, but isn't the easiest read ever (not that I expected it to be). Will review when done" — Nov 29, 2024 02:17PM
"This guy gave a life changing seminar last year that I attended, and he told me to read this book if I was interested in reflecting further upon what he discussed. The book is quite good so far, but isn't the easiest read ever (not that I expected it to be). Will review when done" — Nov 29, 2024 02:17PM
The Idiot
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"you began with a lie; what began with a lie was bound to end with a lie; such is the law of nature.
“To what end, he wondered, had the Divine created the stars in heaven to fill a man with feelings of inspiration one day and insignificance the next?”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Such works are mirrors: when an ape peers into them, no Apostle can be seen looking out.”
― The Point of View
― The Point of View
“It follows, then, that the only way to get into Hell is to insist upon it. One must deliberately exclude himself from grace by hardening his heart against it. Hell is what the damned have actively and insistently wished for.”
― The Divine Comedy
― The Divine Comedy
“To live in the unconditional, inhaling only the unconditional, is impossible to man; he perishes lioke the fish forced to live in the air. But on the other hand, without relating himself to the unconditional, man cannot in the deepest sense be said to 'live'.”
― The Point of View
― The Point of View
“There is either a warning or an encouragement here for every one of us. If you are a nice person—if virtue comes easily to you—beware! Much is expected from those to whom much is given. If you mistake for your own merits what are really God’s gifts to you through nature, and if you are contented with simply being nice, you are still a rebel: and all those gifts will only make your fall more terrible, your corruption more complicated, your bad example more disastrous. The Devil was an archangel once; his natural gifts were as far above yours as yours are above those of a chimpanzee. But”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
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