'Amighty God! Thou who holdest in Thy hand the minds of men, deliver us from the fatal arts and sciences... give us back ignorance, innocence, and poverty, which alone can makes us happy and are precious in Thy sight'.
-Rousseau
sometimes i have pity on people who never experienced the exhilarating feeling you get while reading literature, thinking about political issues, and mediating on philosophical questions.
but to constantly scrutinize, question and doubt all things can make one quite melancholic and even desperate. it seems so hard to find answers, to fully understand.
life probably is easier for an ignorant person but not as deep. and i guess melancholy is a price worth paying for the blitheness that arises from pondering about life, love and god.
Heysham
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