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Chapter 51

Chapter 3 Section 8 The Smile of Conscience

[Germany] Hesse
In addition to troubles, ugliness, and helplessness in life, there is also the ability and conscience of human beings to make themselves face God.Conscience guides us amidst our troubles and anxiety about death, amidst cruelty and sin, and brings us out of a lonely, unforgiving world.There is no relationship between conscience and morality or law.Conscience is stronger than laziness, self-interest, and vanity. Even in the bottom of misery and the end of confusion, it can show its inner great strength. It is not to return to the dead world, but to transcend it and meet God.

No matter who it is, they often open up a quiet way on the other side of troubles and despair that makes life meaningful and death easy.Some people have sealed their consciences, committed evil deeds, and their bodies are covered in blood.As a result, he sighed deeply and regretted his mistakes, and experienced a period of transformation.But there are also those who grow up from the beginning in close relationship with their conscience, and they are the happy few saints.No matter what happens to them, it's just an attack on the outside, but the inside is always intact, always clear, and they have a permanent smile on their faces.

【Together with you】

Kant said that there are two things that are always worthy of awe: the brilliant starry sky above and the moral law within.The moral law in the heart is a person's conscience.God is above, conscience is inside, as long as we stick to the bottom line of conscience, we will not get lost in the dark tunnel of human nature, and we will not choke in the temptation of evil.People who keep their conscience, no matter what they encounter, can maintain a firm belief as always and make their smiles last forever!You have to rationalize your judgment, for it must come from the heart, like all progress.Development will not be excluded, let alone rush.

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