"The opposite of love is not hatred; it is indifference. When we have learned indifference, when we are really skilled and determined at the business of ignoring others, of putting our own well-being, our own options, first--of thrusting our own ego into life, as the ideal form of life itself--we may be quite certain that at that point, life has become hell. We need be no more thoroughly damned."
-Daniel Berrigan- "Consequences: Truth and..."
"The only person who can be disenchanted is the one who has not grasped that the world is a dark marvel. Disenchantment is a sign of stupidity."
-Hans Urs von Balthasar, "Bernanos: an Ecclesial Existence"
both quotes from "Everyday Apocalypse" by David Dark.
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The first one I absolutely agree with, I've thought of that but not quite put it into words.
What do you think the second one means? I'm not sure.
cool!
well, just that the people that think the world and people and nature are stupid and rote and playing out their parts, they are the ones that are stupid. because it is a dark marvel--it is cruel and confusing and mysterious and hard to nail down, what things are. and the ones who see it as a marvel and wonder at it are the ones with hearts.
that's what i take it to mean.
does that make sense?
Yes, it makes perfect sense. The ones who marvel, are the ones who see beauty. And love is beautiful.
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