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Even if we do not recognise it, we have all secretly harboured the false friend of self-pity in our hearts. It is a sympathetic friend when no one else notices our sorrow. It does not contradict; it never blames us for our misfortune but always only

Often the hardest struggles we face are those situations in which we have to appear untroubled, carefree, cheerful and happy, and yet we would prefer to weep – or else those moments in which our blood ‘boils’, our nerves are stretched to breaking poi

Fairy tales belong to ancient human heritage. They are not tied to any particular country or people, so we find the same or similar themes everywhere. They are stories that have no relationship at all to earthly human history. Fairy tales tell nothin

1 In the land of twilight 2 Ponderers 3 Voluntary martyrs, religious fanatics 4 Servants of God 5 The instinct of animals 6 The kiss of friendship 7 The distorted tool 8 The child 9 Woman and her vocation 10 Omnipresence 11 Christ said ... ! 12 Motio