I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Within orthodoxy, there is always a danger of faith collapsing into fear.
Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.
I don't subscribe to any particular doctrine or ideology. I just think that there's kind of a good and bad, the good being life in its purest, happiest form, and the other being the darker side of existence.
The only thing I oppose is persecuting of Eastern Orthodox priests and temples.
I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
I think there's something about evil that is thoughtless and relentless and incredibly frightening because it can't be reckoned with, reasoned with or stopped.
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.
I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force.
Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
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