Variant translation: If I had to define man it would be: a biped, ungrateful. Notes from Underground
“He had started to suspect that his venerable father and his other teachers, that the wise Brahmans had already revealed to him the most and best of their wisdom, that they had already filled his expecting vessel with their richness, and the vessel was not full, the spirit was not content, the soul was not calm, the heart was not satisfied.” Siddhartha
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. The Picture of Dorian Gray
God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part. Diary
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