The only way to save yourself is to endeavor to save others.

When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too.

The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pull at their oars in the hold of the earth. But the more select, the captains, harken to a Siren within them...and royally squander their lives with her.

so few in reality are the true necessities of man

The canary is like a man's soul. It sees bars around it, but instead of despairing, it sings.

All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?

Overdraw me, Lord, and who cares if I break.