If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius.

If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius.

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they read more

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

There are three all-powerful evils: lust, anger and greed.

There are three all-powerful evils: lust, anger and greed.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that.

Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that.

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

Sometimes I'm confused by what I think is really obvious. But what I think is really obvious obviously isn't obvious...

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.

The ascetism of early Christianity, which turned its back on the world of the flesh, had degrenerated, in some quarters read more

The ascetism of early Christianity, which turned its back on the world of the flesh, had degrenerated, in some quarters of the Church, into hatred of those who those who brought that flesh into being. Misogyny, the hatred of women, had become a strong element in medieval Christianity. Women who menstruate, and give birth, were identified with sexuality and therefore with evil. "All witchcraft stems from carnal lust, which is in women insatiable," stated the Malleus Maleficarum.

Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia.

Confusion is an often too subtle sign of paranoia.