If there is no God

remembering Czesław Miłosz

Photo from Paris Review

Doubt is not the opposite of faith, it is an element of faith. —Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be

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IF THERE IS NO GOD

If there is no God,
Not everything is permitted by man,
He is still his brother’s keeper
And he is not permitted to sadden his brother,
By saying that there is no God.




From Second Space, by Czesław Miłosz. Translated by Robert Haas.