The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.

The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy who hankers after fame has no idea what fame is. The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us.

I am not worthy of my suffering. A great sentence. It suggests not only that suffering is the basis of the self, its sole indubitable ontological proof, but also that it is the one feeling most worthy of respect; the value of all values.

For the body is temporal and thought is eternal and the shimmering essence of flame is an image of thought.

Dogs are our link to paradise.

Sad company is bad company.

I want you to be weak. As weak as I am.