Page 69 - Romanticism: A Weapon of Satan

The True Wisdom That Comes From Faith

actuality, sentimentality is a mild form of the mental disorder that
psychiatrists call "schizophrenia." (People who suffer from
schizophrenia are cut off from reality and live in their own world)
An emotional person can be compared to someone crying while 67
watching a film on television: The viewer is so far removed from
reality that he can feel sorry and even cry for an actor who suffers in
the film, even though that actor receives money for playing his role,
and his real life may be filled with all manner of moral depravity. This
is a state into which a wise person would never fall, and shows clearly
to what extent a sentimental mentality can cut a person off from
reality, and how far it can force him into unsound thinking, which is in
turn reflected in his day to day life.
We are witnesses to the fact that the majority of emotional people
just sit as if their hands were tied. They are content to cry and
complain but do nothing to deal with their disgust with the situation.
For example, news comes
that a relative has had an
accident; instead of
thinking that there must
be a good in it anyway,
and determining how he
may be of some use and
offering his assistance, an
emotional person will
usually become faint and
start to cry. He will not
ask what has been done
for the victim, if the
doctor has been called or
if there is enough
medicine. He will not try
to find out what he can