"Do you not know that if you submit yourselves as servants, you become servants of that which you obey, whether of sin which leads to death, or of righteousness which leads to life?"
Romans 6:16
"There is a time for mercy, and a time for justice. And the only irreparable sorrow is to find oneself standing, without repentance, before the very Face of forgiveness."
George Bernanos, Diary of a Country Priest, 1936
"They all seek satisfaction, and differ only in the object through which they hope to find it."
Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670
"The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts. For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity, or social justice is quite bewildering to anyone brought up on our traditional ethical concepts, while for the Christian who bases his life on the Bible it merely confirms the fundamental wickedness of evil."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, After Ten Years, 1942
"From time to time, she comes to cast a little of her peace, her mysterious grandeur, into the soul of the profound artist, then returns to her immense solitude, in the midst of the streets crowded with people. In the end, she said, the only real sadness is not to have been a saint."
Léon Bloy, La femme pauvre
Gold and silver were under pressure most of the day, finishing unchanged.
The Dollar continued its slide, giving up the 99 handle.
VIX continued to retreat into complacency.
Stocks drifted higher.
The great deception continues, carried by a vanguard of lies and official fabrications.
Have a pleasant evening.
