

“God has died, and his death was the life of the world.”
― Die Philosophie der Erlösung
― Die Philosophie der Erlösung

“To see a thing one has to comprehend it. An armchair presupposes the human body, its joints and limbs; a pair of scissors, the act of cutting. What can be said of a lamp or a car? The savage cannot comprehend the missionary’s Bible; the passenger does not see the same rigging as the sailors. If we really saw the world, maybe we would understand it.”
― The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
― The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory

“If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy

“Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.”
― Candide
― Candide

“A miracle has the right to impose conditions.”
― The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
― The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
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