It was the first rent in the holy image of my father, it was the first fissure in the columns that had upheld my childhood, which every individual must destroy before he can become himself.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.

In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

I hope death will be a great happiness, a happiness as great as that of love, fulfilled love

Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.

We create gods and struggle with them, and they bless us.