Once more there sounded within me the terrible warning that there is only one life for all men, that there is only one life for all men, that there is no other and that all that can be enjoyed must be enjoyed here. In eternity no other chance will be given to us.

so few in reality are the true necessities of man

The major and almost only theme of all my work is the struggle of man with "God": the unyielding, inextinguishable struggle of the naked worm called "man" against the terrifying power and darkness of the forces within him and around him.

Discipline is the highest of all virtues. Only so may strength and desire be counterbalanced and the endeavors of man bear fruit.

God, what is all this talk put out by the popes? Paradise is here, my good man. God, give me no other paradise!

He who is invisible sees more clearly, hears more clearly, and is better able to read the thoughts of men.