“Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.”

Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.

similar topics

• In Beckett's play, two men wait forever for someone who will never come; nothing happens, no one arrives. Can waiting itself become a way of life; is hope a trap?
• Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor tells Christ that people cannot bear freedom, so the Church took it from them to make them happy. Do humans really want security more than freedom?
• To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.
• Tea is the only simple pleasure left to us.
• Homer's Odysseus wants to hear the Sirens' deadly song, so he has himself tied to the mast: he surrenders to the desire and guards against it at the same time. Is willpower the art of taking precautions against your future self?