It is always and forever the same struggle: to perceive somehow our own complicity with evil is a horror not to be borne. … much more reassuring to see the world in terms of totally innocent victims and totally evil instigators of the monstrous violence we see all about us. At all costs, never disturb our innocence. But what is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all.''' The perfection of innocence, indeed, is madness.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It is always and forever the same struggle: to perceive somehow our own complicity with evil is a horror not to be borne. … much more reassuring to see the world in terms of totally innocent victims and totally evil instigators of the monstrous violence we see all about us. At all costs, never disturb our innocence. But what is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all.''' The perfection of innocence, indeed, is madness." in the context of ""With respect for Her Agony — but with Love" in LIFE magazine (February 7, 1964)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.