Archbishop Platon, court preacher to Catherine II, on the nature of anxiety:.
Inward disquiet proceeds from a reproachful conscience, which feels shame and remorse when the passions are followed against the dominion of the mind. Such a wretched state of the soul is not from God, but from a depraved will
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
