"… A proud and arrogant man, such as yourself — with an admittedly admirable qualityof didacticism about him — was given to doing research in the area of a certain disfiguring and degenerative disease. One day he contracted it himself. Since
he had not yet developed a cure for the condition, he did take time out to
regard himself in a mirror and say, 'But on me it does look good.' You are such
a man... You will not attempt to fight your condition. Rather, you are proud of
it. You betrayed yourself in your fury, so I know that I speak the truth when I
say that the name of your disease is Kali. You would not give power into the
hands of the unworthy if that woman did not bid you do it. I knew her of old,
and I am certain that she has not changed. She cannot love a man. She cares
only for those who bring her gifts of chaos. If ever you cease to suit her
purposes, she will put you aside... The moral, therefore, of my sermon on this
small mount is this — even a mirror will not show you yourself, if you do not
wish to see. Cross her once to try the truth of my words, even in a small
matter, and see how quickly she responds, and in what fashion. What will you do
if your own weapons are turned against you..?"