We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell
The tortures of that inward hell!

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell
The tortures of that inward hell!

Hell is more bearable than nothingness.

Hell is more bearable than nothingness.

How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?

How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and read more

Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone.

Hell is paved with good Samaritans.

Hell is paved with good Samaritans.

Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit,
Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it.

Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit,
Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it.

Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
[Fr., L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs.]

Hell is full of good wishes or desires.
[Fr., L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs.]

But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,
And there hath been thy bane.

But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,
And there hath been thy bane.