Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do.

When you see someone putting themselves out there, particularly when you see someone is failing and failing so passionately, it brings up this bittersweet connection to our mortality.

I had gone through a near-death experience, and that gives you an insight into how fleeting life is, and what's important.