If there were just one possibility—either to do the good or to combat evil—man would have to opt for the first. - Adrienne von Speyr

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If there were just one possibility—either to do the good or to combat evil—man would have to opt for the first.

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About Adrienne von Speyr

Adrienne von Speyr (20 September 1902 – 17 September 1967) was a Swiss Catholic medical doctor, the author of over 60 books of spirituality and theology, and a mystic.

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The snow fell solemnly, enlarging the silence; it came straight down from heaven, bringing an inexplicable mystery. Now and again a flake or two would alight on the windowpane, and those flakes were like little stars filled with light; other snowflakes would fall on the windowsill, slowly covering the crumbs that had been put out for the birds. I would ask: "Grandmama, would you tell me some things about heaven too?" And Grandmother would say: "Why do you say 'too'?" "Because the snow comes from there, and it seems to be telling me that everything in heaven is white."

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