Multatuli,
Het Gebed van den Onwetende
“ Is one child closer to the father than the other? As long as a human son does not know that God, So long it is slander to believe in that God! The child that calls upon the father to no avail does no harm... The father that lets his child call to no avail, acts cruelly. ”
Multatuli,
Het Gebed van den Onwetende
“ And for everyone who seriously desires the truth, and dares to face reality, that peace will come."Right! Daring to face reality, the courage to acknowledge truth, will release us from the apparitions of Religion, and indeed make us FREE. The one who thinks, will overcome. ”
Multatuli,
Het Gebed van den Onwetende
“ One should not seek any dogmaticism in this piece, no revelation of opinions. It is merely a sketch of the troubles that swing an honest truthseeker to and fro, and torture him during the struggle he has to undertake with the world and... himself. I could not describe the true meaning of this Ignorant's Prayer better than with the words of Mr. C. VOSMAER (See page 15 of these works' first part.) : "This is an goodbye cry from faith, in which the sorrow has not yet been replaced by a new peace from a higher truth. ”
