It's impossible to defend oneself in the absence of goodwill

There is a goal but no way; what we call the way is mere wavering.

Hold fast to the diary from today on! Write regularly! Don't surrender! Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it every moment.

Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light.

there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak

The history of the world, as it is written and handed down by word of mouth, often fails us completely; but man's intuitive capacity, though it often misleads, does lead, does not ever abandon one.

The founder brought the laws from the lawgiver; the faithful are meant to announce the laws to the lawgiver.