Nature is monstrously unjust. There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail. - Aldous Huxley

If you're always scared of dying," Obispo had said, "you'll surely die. Fear's a poison; and not such a slow poison either.

„Hitler", wrote Herman Rauschning in 1939, „ has a deep respect for the Catholic church and the Jesuit order, not because of their Christian doctrine, but because of the ´machinery they have elaborated and controlled, their hierarchical system, their extremely clever tactics, their knowledge of human nature and their wise use of human weaknesses in ruling over believers.

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.