Laughter erases fear

Bartholome 2021-12-08 08:01:46

But what is scary about laughter? Laughter erases fear, and without fear, there can be no faith. Because there is no fear of demons, there is no need for God. "It's not your conceit, the pride of your stubborn wisdom, that once caused the conflict between you and Bernardo!" "If you insist on yourself and conflict with Bernardo, the emperor will not be able to save you." "Learn to restrain you. Wisdom, cry for my lord’s pain! And don’t think about those books anymore." "Mice like parchment more than scholars" "Try to think, use your mind instead of your mood." "My My heart is full of sorrow, but I have no reason to oppose the fair judgment of the Inquisition." Are you willing to abandon the devil and believe in Christ? It's better to die faster than to stay in jail for the rest of your life. The demon I want to abandon is you, Bernardo!

I never regretted my decision, because I learned too much wisdom, beauty, and truth from Master. When we finally parted ways, he gave me his glasses as a gift. I was still young. He said, but one day it will work for me, and in fact, I am wearing it when I write these things. I pray that God will accept his soul and accept his small mistakes driven by the pride of wisdom.

But now I am also an old man, and I must admit that among all the faces that appeared before my eyes in the past, the one that I saw most clearly was the girl. I have always dreamed of her for so many years. She is the only worldly love in my life. Although I never knew or inquired about it.

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The Name of the Rose quotes

  • William of Baskerville: [after finding the secret room of books in the tower] How many more rooms? Ah! How many more books? No one should be forbidden to consult these books freely.

    Adso of Melk: Perhaps they are thought to be too precious, too fragile.

    William of Baskerville: No, it's not that, Adso. It's because they often contain a wisdom that is different from ours and ideas that could encourage us to doubt the infallability of the word of God... And doubt, Adso, is the enemy of faith.

  • William of Baskerville: My venerable brother, there are many books that speak of comedy. Why does this one fill you with such fear?

    Jorge de Burgos: Because it's by Aristotle.

    William of Baskerville: [Chasing after Jorge who runs with the Second Book of Poetics by Aristotle intending to destroy it] But what is so alarming about laughter?

    Jorge de Burgos: Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith because without fear of the Devil, there is no more need of God.

    William of Baskerville: But you will not eliminate laughter by eliminating that book.

    Jorge de Burgos: No, to be sure, laughter will remain the common man's recreation. But what will happen if, because of this book, learned men were to pronounce it admissable to laugh at everything? Can we laugh at God? The world would relapse into chaos! Therefore, I seal that which was not to be said.

    [he eats the poisoned pages of the book]

    Jorge de Burgos: In the tomb I become.

    [he tosses the book at the candle, which ignites a fire that destroys all the books in the abbey tower]