No, I'm not religious I'm sorry to say. There is no time now to be religious." - Hermann Hesse

In any case, the most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still at school.

The drunkard does indeed find escape, he does indeed find short respite and rest, but he returns from the illusion and finds everything as it was before. He has not grown wiser, he has not gained knowledge, he has not climbed any higher.

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom to one man seems nonsense to another.