9/28 To be ashamed of one's immorality is a step on the ladder at the end of which one is ashamed also of one's morality. One should part from life as Ulysses parted from Nausicaa--blessing it rather than in love with it. What? When one trains one's conscience, it kisses one while it bites. THE DISAPPOINTED ONE SPEAKS--"I listened for the echo and I heard only praise." 100. |