We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.

The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.

The immediate facts are what we must relate to. Darkness and light, beginning and end.

Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?

Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye.

A coin is turned around before it is handed to the beggar, yet a child is unflinchingly tossed into cosmic bruteness.