divine retribution
Page 12 divine retribution. People may think that they win at life if they acquire the most wealth, attain the most power, and crushed those who get in their way. God is the ultimate judge. The divine retribution in this world may take the form of a nagging guilty conscience.
— from The Air Traffic Controller (God)
In the book
To decide that the lights really are random, that you are alone up there, that every smooth landing was your skill alone and every storm a personal insult. People who fly this way come, sooner or later, to believe they win at life by acquiring the most, holding the most power, and crushing whoever stands in the way — and they are flying blind to the only instrument panel that finally matters. That way lies two diseases at once: arrogance when the air is calm, and despair when it turns rough. — The Air Traffic Controller (God)