There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf on the far left; he will say to himself, "now what?

I receive letters from workers, from secretaries. . . . They are the most interesting ones.

Because we can imagine, we are free.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete.

Is there really nothing, nothing left of me?

One of the chief motives of artistic creation is certainly the need of feeling that we are essential in relationship to the world.