“Having fallen from the eternal, the Evil One's desires are endless, insatiable. Having fallen from pure Being, he is driven by the desire to possess, to fill his emptiness. But the problem is insoluble, always. He is compelled to have and to hold, to possess and consume, and nothing else. All he takes, he destroys.” ProblemDesireEvilPureEternalInvestingDrivenEndlessFallenEmptinessCompelledInsatiable Author:Denis de Rougemont
“Passion and marriage are essentially irreconcilable. Their origins and their ends make them mutually exclusive. Their co-existence in our midst constantly raises insoluble problems, and the strife thereby engendered constitutes a persistent danger for every one of our social safeguards.” EndsProblemPassionSocialExistenceMarriageDangerRaisesMidstStrifePersistentExclusive Author:Denis de Rougemont
