Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.

Humility provides everyone, even him who despairs in solitude, with the strongest relationship to his fellow man.

Everyone strives to attain the Law,' answers the man, 'how does it come about, then, that in all these years no one has come seeking admittance but me?' The doorkeeper perceives that the man is nearing his end and his hearing is failing, so he bellows in his ear: 'No one but you could gain admittance through this door, since this door was intended for you. I am now going to shut it.

The whole visible world is perhaps nothing more than the rationalization of a man who wants to find peace for a moment.

Man cannot live without a continuous confidence in something indestructible within himself.

The man in ecstasy and the man drowning: both raise their arms.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty.

Man cannot live without a permanent trust in something indestructible in himself, though both the indestructible element and the trust may remain permanently hidden from him. One of the ways in which this hiddenness can express itself is through faith in a personal god.