Good and Evil

And one of the elders of the city said, "Speak to us of Good and Evil."
And he answered:
Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.
For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?
Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, it drinks even of dead waters.
You are good when you are one with yourself.
Yet when you are not one with yourself you are not evil.
For a divided house is not a den of thieves; it is only a divided house.
And a ship without rudder may wander aimlessly among perilous isles yet sink not to the bottom.

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  • Dear Hayah... I don't know, maybe.

  • thank you JET.

  • dear Hurieh, I'm really Glad you ask me this, thank you so much :)
    و آنگاه یکی از سالخوردگان شهر گفت از خیر و شر نیز ما را سخنی بگوی .
    پیامبر گفت :
    من می توانم از خوبیهای شما سخن گویم اما از شر و بدی نشانی نمی توانم داد .
    زیرا شر چیست بجز همان خیر که از گرسنگی و تشنگی خویش عذاب کشیده است ؟
    همانا وقتی خوبی گرسنه می شود غذای خود را حتی در غارهای تاریک جستجو می کند و وقتی تشنه می شود حتی از آبهای تیره ی مرداب می نوشد .
    وقتی که با خود یگانه اید وجودتان خیر و خوبی است .
    اما وقتی با خود یگانه نیستید باز نمی توان شما را به شر و بدی نسبت داد .
    زیرا خانه ای که شکاف خورده است ، جایگاه دزدان نخواهد بود بلکه تنها یک خانۀ شکاف خورده است .
    و کشتی که لنگرش را از دست داده ممکن است بی هدف در آبهای خطرناک سرگردان شود اما، به قعر دریا نخواهد رفت .
  • Dear Soheila,
    Thanks so much for sharing this excerpt. To tell the truth, I have a hard time understanding that. May I ask you to write it in your own words?
    Thanks so much in advance.

  • dear Peach pit, thanks for your attention :)

  • dear dara thanks for your comment, this is not my intentions. this is a part of "thus spoke zarathustra" book by Nietzsche.
  • Mamnun Soheila! I like the good and hate the evil. Thanks for your good intentions. I hope you join the discussion which was started by administrator Expector Smith on my blog, Broken Windows. Thanks again.

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