“Above all, don't lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. and having no love, he gives himself over to passions and animal pleasures.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, 1880
“Truth and the hatred of truth come into our world together. As soon as truth appears, it is regarded as an enemy. They remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.”
Tertullian, Apologeticus, 197
"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts of men and women? It is not the ruthless, the unbridled will; it is not freedom to do as one likes. That is the denial of liberty, and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few, as we have learned to our sorrow."
Judge Learned Hand, The Spirit of Liberty, 21 May 1944
“Hell has three gates: lust, anger and greed.”
Ved Vyasa, Mahābhārata महाभारतम्
"In the last days perilous times shall come. For there shall be men who are lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, evil speakers, disobedient to their parents, unthankful, impure, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, without temperance, without meekness, without goodness, traitors, rash, puffed up, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God."
2 Timothy 3:1-4
Stocks rose to another high.
This is a 'vanity bubble,' a transparent swelling of lies.
Gold bounced back, silver rallied with stocks.
VIX fell again.
The Dollar chopped around.
We are one event away from a historic reckoning for this cult of idolatry, a dread gathering of beasts.
Have a pleasant weekend.
