...is the carbon molecule lined with thought?

But privately when things got very bad I often looked into books to see whether I could find some helpful words, and one day I read, "The forgiveness of sins is perpetual and righteousness first is not required." This impressed me so deeply that I went around saying it to myself. But then I forgot which book it was.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

...there is no old age of the soul.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the easy tranquil things of life. He had made mistakes, but he could overlook these. He had been a fool, but that could be forgiven. The time wasted--must be relinquished. What else could one do about it? Things were too complex, but they might be reduced to simplicity again. Recovery was possible.

The two real problems in life are boredom and death.