“If we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In this way, we accept a spiritual life by means of our moral and civic life; and there is no other way a spiritual life can be formed within us, no other way our spirits can be prepared for heaven. This is because living an inner life and not an outer life at the same time is like living in a house that has no foundation, that gradually either settles or develops gaping cracks or totters until it collapses.” IfsWorldWayNeedsMeanSpiritualSpiritHouseHeavenAcceptingMoralDutyFoundationPreparedAffairSettlingCracksSpiritual LifeCollapseBe PreparedCivicsInner Life Book:Heaven and hell Source: Heaven and hell
“The fact is I don't lead a simple enough inner life. I indulge in excesses, bacchanalia of the spirit. Perhaps I identify too much with everything I read and study. Someone like Dostoevsky still shatters me.” StillsEnoughFactsSpiritSimpleStudyToo MuchExcessIndulgeInner LifeIndulge In Book:Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 Source: Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943