Die Anatomie ist das Schicksal - Sigmund Freud

One thing only do I know for certain and that is that man's judgments of value follow directly his wishes for happiness-that, accordingly, they are an attempt to support his illusions with arguments. [p.111]

It often seems that the poet's derisive comment is not unjustified when he says of the philosopher: "With his nightcaps and the tatters of his dressing-gown he patches the gaps in the structure of the universe."

Those who have eyes to see and ears to hear will soon convince themselves that mortals cannot hide any secret.