“Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death.”
“He was only thirty-eight. His body was clean, well-fed, and benign. He had all his teeth. A fresh Armenian joke stirred in his head like a child in its mother's womb. He thought life was wonderful.”
“A man's beliefs are his destiny. As soon as my father believed his life was over, it was.”
“Empirical" knowledge itself is of little benefit unless it awakens the inner perception of man as to his own situation, his potentialities, his risks, and his destiny”
“I saw the end of his life right there in that single moment. His pride, his decency, his secrets, his death.”
“Was his death an essential stage in the continuation of his life?”