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“There is only one sin, only one, and that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right of a husband, you rob his children of a father. When you lie you steal someone's right to truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. There is no more wretched act than stealing. A man who takes what is not his to take, be it life or a loaf of naan, I spit on such a man. And if I ever cross paths with him, God help him.”

Book:The Kite Runner

Work

The Kite Runner

This novel delves into the complex relationship between two boys in Afghanistan, as it unfolds against the backdrop of political turmoil and personal tragedy. The story follows their lives, highlighting the impact of their choices and the consequences that follow. more

Author

Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American novelist, best known for his novel 'The Kite Runner,' which has become a global bestseller. The story, centered around themes of friendship, betrayal, and redemption, has resonated with readers worldwide. Hosseini's works often focus on the history and culture of Afghanistan, as well as the complexities of human nature. more

“A higher understanding of human freedom, however, is inseparable from a definition of human nature. To be free is to be able to flourish as the kind of being one is, and so to attain the ontological good toward which one's nature is oriented; freedom is the unhindered realization of a complex nature in its proper end (natural and supernatural), and this is consummate liberty and happiness. The will that chooses poorly, then - through ignorance, maleficence, or corrupt desire - has not thereby become freer, but has further enslaved itself to those forces that prevent it from achieving its full expression. And it is this richer understanding of human freedom that provides us some analogy to the freedom of God. For God is infinite actuality, the source and end of all being, the eternally good, for whom mere arbitrary 'choice' - as among possibilities that somehow exceed his 'present' actuality - would be a deficiency, a limitation placed upon his infinite power to be God. His freedom is the impossibility of any force, pathos, or potentiality interrupting the perfection of his nature or hindering him in the realization of his own illimitable goodness, in himself and in his creatures. To be 'capable' of evil - to be able to do evil or to be affected by an encounter with it - would in fact be an incapacity in God; and to require evil to bring about his good ends would make him less than the God he is. The object of God's will is his own infinite goodness, and it is an object perfectly realized, and so he is FREE.”

Christianity Human Nature God S Will Human Freedom Divine Sovereignty God S Freedom

Book:The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?

Source: The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?

“Everybody put on masks, including you and me. We all wear masks.”

People Change Human Nature Masks Ama H Vanniarachchy

Author:Ama H.Vanniarachchy

“All motivation derives from the primary fact of mortality. Take mortality away and motivation loses its...motivation.”

Life Philosophy Humanity Human Nature Immortality Mortality

Book:The Last Werewolf

Source: The Last Werewolf

“By all means, become an abomination--but only while unhinged by grief or wrath.”