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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 good Samaritans.
Hell is paved with good Samaritans.
Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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.
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.]
How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?
How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.
Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.
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.
