Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.

In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.

Learning

To believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life.

The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.

Language is the only homeland.

Sceptical Ketman is widely disseminated throughout intellectual circles. One argues that humanity does not know how to handle its knowledge or how to resolve the problems of production and division of goods.