And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you’re desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly. You stand over yourself with a whip in your hand; if there’s the least resistance, you lash yourself.

Adam's first domestic pet after the expulsion from Paradise was the serpent.

Books are a narcotic.

You need not even listen, just wait...the world will offer itself freely to you, unmasking itself.

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

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

He who does not answer the questions has passed the test.