“Gefarhrgeist excelled at convincing themselves. It was their greatest strength and most terrible weakness.”

“Those who live without a great fire in their soul live in darkness.”

“Konig couldn't help but think of the man as a slab of walking muscle with all the intellect of a pair of cheap shoes.”

“No one thanks you for showing them the light.”

“For all Wichtig spoke of trust, he trusted no one. For all he spoke of wisdom, he learned nothing. Every word he uttered was done so with an eye toward manipulation.”

“The borders of man, defined by politics, war, and faith - all three manifestations of delusion - meant even more to gods.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“Every man who has reached even his intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce that it is not genteel comedy even that it flowers and fructifies on the contrary out of the profoundes...”

“Let us love. Let our lives be a perpetual song of love for God, first of all, and for all human beings who suffer, love, and mourn. Let deep joy live in us. Let us be like the lark, enemy of the ni...”

“We cannot achieve personal enlightenment a clarification of our souls until we cease deluding ourselves. We must accept that life includes witnessing and personally experiencing pain.”

“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”

“Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.”

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.”

“Fear and doubt are major stampeders.”