The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

The attempt to force human beings to despise themselves is what I call hell.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin.

Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin.

Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.

Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]

In hell there is no retention.
[Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]

In hell there is no retention.
[Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]

Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit,
Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it.

Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit,
Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it.

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and read more

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone.