The Temptation to Exist

However grave its consequences may have been, the rejection of Christianity remains the Jews’ finest exploit, a no which does them honor.

The only minds which seduce us are the minds which have destroyed themselves trying to give their lives a meaning.

We can never ponder enough Kirilov’s description of Stavrogin: “When he believes, he doesn’t believe he believes; and when he doesn’t believe, he doesn’t believe he doesn’t believe.”

“If a man loves nothing, he will be invulnerable” (Chuang Tse)