I believe all that is possible is striving to come into being; and all that can will, if man helps. Fruits of the Earth

They’re afraid because they have never accepted themselves. A community consisting exclusively of people afraid of the unknown in themselves! They all feel that the rules they live by are no longer valid, that they’re following outdated commandments; neither their religions nor their morality, nothing is suited to what we need. For a century and more, Europe has done nothing but study and build factories! They know exactly how many grams of powder it takes to kill someone, but they don’t know how to pray to God, they don’t even know how to be contented for an hour at a time. Demian

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season. Book V

I hear the ruin of all space, shattered glass and toppled masonry, and time one livid final flame. Ulysses