Is this imitating Tiandi Xuanhuang, or borrowing from National Geographic.

Eliza 2022-03-22 09:01:40

The nuns have taught us that there are two ways to live: one is to live according to nature, and one is to live with compassion. You have to choose a way of living. Compassion is not to bring pleasure to oneself, but to tolerate contempt, forgetfulness, hatred, insult and injury of others; our nature makes us only enjoy, let everything be as we wish, and hope to control our destiny and not deviate from the right track. Even if the road ahead is bright and surrounded by strong love, there are also dark and unfortunate corners. They teach us that no one will be denied a good death because of compassion.

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  • Prologue: [on screen, unspoken] "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" Job 38:4,7

  • Mrs. O'Brien: [pointing to the sky] That's where God lives!