Addiction is not something we can simply take care of by applying the proper remedy. For it is in the very nature of addiction to feed on our attempts to master it.
Interpretation
Addiction cannot be easily conquered; it thrives on our efforts to control it.
Gerald May highlights the complexity of addiction, suggesting that it is not just a matter of finding the right solution or remedy. Instead, attempts to control addiction often exacerbate the issue, as the nature of addiction feeds on the struggle to overcome it. This insight points to the necessity of understanding addiction as a deeply ingrained challenge that may require a different approach than straightforward attempts at mastery.
In practice
During a public health seminar discussing addiction treatment strategies.
Honesty before God requires the most fundamental risk of faith we can take: the risk that God is good, that God does love us unconditionally. It is in taking this risk that we rediscover our dignity. To bring the truth of ourselves, just as we are, to God, just as God is, is the most dignified thing we can do in this life.
Science never cheered up anyone. The truth about the human situation is just too awful.
All man are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them
He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.
Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world)
Humanity needs justice, peace and love and we can have this only by returning with our hearts towards God who is the source of all this.
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