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X (34) | In the vast sea which is the life of the church the true tradition
of the Spirit flows like a clear pure stream & he who would be in
this stream must renounce argument. When anything of self is
introduced the waters no longer run clear, for God's supreme wisdom
& truth are the opposite of human wisdom & truth. Such
renun-ciation appears intolerable, insane, to the self-willed, but the
man who is not afraid to become a fool has found true life &
true wisdom. |
X (35) | The praying mind does not think, does not reason--it lives. Its
activity does not consist in the manipulation of abstract concepts but
in participating in being. It is concerned with actual existence, an
existence which cannot be included within the narrow framework of
human concepts. |
X (35) | The certain sign by which to recognize good from evil is not so
much the end, which may appear to be holy and sublime, as the means
selected to achieve the end. |