gray, when strength begins to diminish, now I am beginning again like a child.” (p. 95)“He is doing what you yourself have neglected to do. He is looking after himself; he is going his own way.” (p. 124)“I learned through my body and soul that it was necessary for me to sin, that I needed lust, that I had to strive for property and experience nausea and the depths of despair in order to learn not to resist them, in order to learn to love the world, and no longer compare it with some kind of desired imaginary world…” (p. 144)“How, indeed, could he not know love, he who has recognized all humanity’s vanity and transitoriness, yet loves humanity so much that he has devoted a long life solely to help and teach people? Also with this great teacher, the thing to me is of greater importance than the words; his deeds and life are more important to me than his talk, the gesture of his hand is more important to me than his opinions.” (p. 148)...
