“It is also important to understand that a hidden nature is not always an evil nature”

“..to change something you do not understand is the true nature of evil.”

“Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.”

“As the interpretation of reality by the power structure, ideology is always subordinated ultimately to the interests of the structure. Therefore, it has a natural tendency to disengage itself from reality, to create a world of appearances, to become ritual... Increasingly, the virtuosity of the ritual becomes more important than the reality hidden behind it.”

“This Lord of natures today was transformed contrary to His nature; it is not too difficult for us to also overthrow our evil will." Hymns of the Nativity, Hymn 1:97, pg. 74 in Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns (New York: Paulist Press, 1989).”

“Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.”