Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse
— Japanese proverb
There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought —a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
Our planet is poorly equipped for delight. One must snatch gladness from the days that are. In this life it’s not difficult to die. To make life is more difficult by far.