You can knock on a deaf man's door forever.

Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God.

You will, Judas, my brother. God will give you the strength, as much as you lack, because it is necessary—it is necessary for me to be killed and for you to betray me. We two must save the world. Help me." Judas bowed his head. After a moment he asked, "If you had to betray your master, would you do it?" Jesus reflected for a long time. Finally he said, "No, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to. That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task: to be crucified.

so few in reality are the true necessities of man

Throughout my life, my greatest benefactors have been my dreams and my travels; very few men, living or dead, have helped me in my struggle.

The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or to struggle to save others -even that is sufficient.

Before me is the abyss. How can I leap across it? And if I do not leap, how shall I ever be able to reach God?