distance of only an arm’s length, but then what is written for him overtakes him, and he begins to perform the works of the people of hell, into which he will go. Or maybe one of you will be performing the works of the people of hell, so that between him and hell there is the distance of only an arm’s length, but then what is written for him will overtake him, and he will begin to perform| the works of the people of Paradise, into which he will go.” o FR ANDREW –”A right exterior conduct really has its secret in a true interior life.”
o FRANCOIS FENELON –”Scorn the “intellectual” as much as the world esteems it. What men consider intellectual is a certain facility to produce brilliant thoughts. Nothing is more vain. We make an idol of our intellect. We take pride in our own thoughts. We must reject not only human cleverness, but also human prudence, which seems so important and so profitable.”
o FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT –”In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”
o FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE –”The consequences of our actions take hold of us quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have ‘improved’.” o FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE –”The consequences of our actions take hold of us quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have ‘improved’.”
o FROM AN E-MAIL FORWARD –”A tourist once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same idol?” “No,” said the sculptoy without looking up, “We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage.” The gentle-man examined the idol and found no apparent damage. “Where is the damage?” he asked; “There is a scratch on
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