He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.

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.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith.

When one has once accepted and absorbed Evil, it no longer demands the unfitness of the means. The ulterior motives with which youabsorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil.... Evil is whatever distracts. Evil knows of the Good, but Good does not know of Evil. Knowledge of oneself is something only Evil has. One means that Evil has is the dialogue.... One cannot pay Evil in installments--and one always keeps on trying to.

It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.