Again and again our foe, religion, has given birth to deeds sinful and unholy.


Nothing is ever gotten out of nothing by divine power.


A thing therefore never returns to nothing.


The first-beginnings of things cannot be seen by the eyes.


Life is one long struggle in the dark.


What once sprung from earth sinks back into the earth.


In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.