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Extremes

When I condemn I do not make exceptions. If I made exceptions then everyone would want to be the exception.

I make broad and sweeping statements, because, broadly speaking, truth is broad and sweeping. My generalizations are not mere generalizations. There are no exceptions to what I say. My every word is ultimately true.

 

Cheating

No idea or expression is "original" - there are no "origins" in Nature. When it suits me I use the expressions of others as my own. Why reinvent the wheel? None of my words are my own, yet they serve well enough to show you the truth.

I may copy prolifically from the works of others, without acknowledgement or accreditation. How can I have the gall to do this? I can do it because God alone is the author of all true words, regardless of from which pen the words issued. I hereby acknowledge the true authorship of this work. God is the ultimate cheat, for he uses everybody and does nothing himself.

The writer of a hymn to Siva felt proud of his achievement, but his pride was dashed to pieces when Siva's bull bared his teeth. He saw that each tooth was a word of the hymn. Do you understand the meaning of this? The words had existed from the beginningless past. The writer had only discovered them.

 

 

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