People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.

May new sufferings torment your soul.

The wisdom of the years is confusing. Only the wisdom of eternity is edifying.

I must find a truth that is true for me.

What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.