He insisted rudely: "I have had enough of your smiles.

Tell me plainly, why do you speak so ?" Then, I admit, I flared up: "You want to know why I speak the truth?
Because I hate falsehood and I commit it to eternal anathema! Because fate has made me a victim of injustice, and as a victim, like Him who took upon Himself the great sin of the world and its great sufferings, I wish to point out the way to mankind.

Wretched egoist, you know only yourself and your miserable art, while I love mankind." My anger grew.

I felt the veins on my forehead swelling.
"Fool, miserable dauber, unfortunate schoolboy, in love with colours! Human beings pass before you, and you see only their froglike eyes.

How did your tongue turn to say such a thing?
Oh, if you only looked even once into the human soul! What treasures of tenderness, love, humble faith, holy humility, you would have discovered there! And to you, bold man, it would have seemed as if you entered a temple--a bright, illuminated temple.