What is liberty? In 2013 we think of oppressed peoples fighting for their freedom, but there are worse tyrants than dictators. No-one who is jealous of someone, or envies someone, or resents someone, or coverts something someone else has, or hates someone is free. These interior oppressors eat away at the soul. Not to know them is true liberty. And the decision not to know them is an act of the will, a choice.
One has one's own life to build on solid foundations. Time spent resenting someone else is time wasted. The only applause worth anything comes from beyond, from those who know why one was born. The arena here is tiny. The audience there is counted in hosts.
One has one's own life to build on solid foundations. Time spent resenting someone else is time wasted. The only applause worth anything comes from beyond, from those who know why one was born. The arena here is tiny. The audience there is counted in hosts.
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