To profess to be doing God's will is a form of megalomania. -Joseph Prescott, aphorist (1913-2001)
This is obviously not true as a universal declaration, although in some cases it may be true. Obeying the commandments, for example, is doing God's will, but saying so is not pathological. Even in cases of what might be called private revelation it might simply be true when someone says he is doing God's will. Prescott, however, probably didn't believe that God might reveal his particular will for an individual or situation to anyone. Perhaps he didn't believe in God at all. By now he knows the truth. R.I.P.
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