The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred.

The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

In me, by myself, without human relationship, there are no visible lies. The limited circle is pure.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.