Men, Insane

Illustration★★★

Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool. It seems as if heaven had sent its insane angels into our world as to an asylum. And here they will break out into their native music, and utter at intervals the words they have heard in heaven; then the mad fit returns, and they mope and wallow like dogs! Emerson.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The point

Every person carries a spark of the divine, alternating between glimpses of heavenly wisdom and foolish, animal-like behavior.

Scripture

Genesis 1:27Psalm 8:5

Tone

Inspiring

To tell aloud

under a minute · 63 words

Subjects

Dignity Human Nature

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