Isn’t it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much? The heroism of staying in such a place is that of a roach which won’t be exterminated from the bathroom. |
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. |
It's often safer to be in chains than to be free |
Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again and again; finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes part of the ceremony |
Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins. |
Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come. |
May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air. |
My ''fear''... is my substance, and probably the best part of me. |
My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. |
My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication--it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness--it is all that I have--and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well. |
No people sing with such pure voices as those that live in deepest hell; what we take for the song of angels is their song. |
No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth. |
Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you anymore |
One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph. |
Persons who write a 10,000 word document and call it a brief |