Sunday, February 12, 2006
From the Sperl front
Spoken like a true German:
"I will say nothing against the course of my existence. But at bottom it
has been nothing but pain and burden, and I can affirm that during the
whole of my 75 years, I have not had four weeks of genuine well-being. It
is but the perpetual rolling of a rock that must be raised up again
forever."
Goethe, 1824, as quoted by William James in _Varieties of Religious
Experience_
In response to wishes for a long life, Luther responded
"Madam, rather than live forty years more, I would give up my chance of
Paradise"
Maybe this explains a lot.
I can really relate to Luther, disturbingly. I think that makes me a heretic.
