. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done by pessimism; optimists will never change the world for the better.

That it's possible not to see a lie even when it's in front of us.

This is the effect of panic, a natural effect, you could say that animal nature is like this, plant life would behave in exactly the same way, too, if it did not have all those roots to hold it in the ground, and how nice it would be to see the trees of the forest fleeing the flames.

Your questions are false if you already know the answer.

... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both.

Blessed be the night, which conceals and protects things fair and foul with the same indifferent mantle.

Today's bread does not eliminate yesterday's hunger, much less that of tomorrow.