We need the books that affect us like a disaster

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

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

I wanted to escape the unrest, to shut out the voices around me and within me, so I write.

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.

Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.

I never imagined that so many days would ultimately make such a small life.