“You are an ocean in a drop of dew,all the universes in a thin sack of blood.What are these pleasures then,these joys, these worldsthat you keep reaching for,hoping they will make you more alive?”
“Therefore you can never lose hope-hatikva-because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.”
“And we believe in his promises. Therefore you can never lose hope - hatikva - because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.”
“Hope keeps you alive.”
“Ordinary goodness is fraught with veins of vanity and self-interest and above all with pleasure--because goodness makes you feel more alive.”
“You are not the drop in the ocean, but the ocean in the drop.”