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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 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.
Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell
The tortures of that inward hell!
Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell
The tortures of that inward hell!
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.
But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,
And there hath been thy bane.
But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,
And there hath been thy bane.
How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?
How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?
The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for read more
The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.
