The stars are threshed, and the souls are threshed from their husks. - William Blake

Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

God wants not man to humble himself: That is the trick of the Ancient Elf. This is the race that Jesus ran: Humble to God, haughty to man, Cursing the Rulers before the people Even to the Temple's highest steeple, And when He humbled Himself to God Then descended the cruel rod. ‘If Thou Humblest Thyself, Thou humblest Me. Thou also dwell’st in Eternity.

The look of love alarms
Because 'tis filled with fire;
But the look of soft deceit
Shall win the lover's hire.