'Examine me'. - 'What is quicker than the wind?' – 'Thought'. -' What can cover the earth?' – 'Darkness'. – 'Who are more numerous, the living or the dead?' – 'The living, because the dead are no longer'. – 'Give me an example of space'. – 'My two hands as one'. – 'An example of grief'. – 'Ignorance'. – 'Of poison'. – 'Desire'. – 'An example of defeat'. – 'Victory'. – 'Which animal is the slyest?' – 'The one that man does not yet know'. – 'Which came first, day or night?' – 'Day, but it was only a day ahead'. – 'What is the cause of the world?' – 'Love'. – 'What is your opposite?' – 'Myself'. – 'What is madness?' – 'A forgotten way'. – 'And revolt? Why do men revolt?' – 'To find beauty, either in life or in death'. – 'What for each of us is inevitable?' – 'Happiness'. – 'And what is the greatest marvel?' – 'Each day, death strikes and we live as though we were immortal. This is what is the greatest marvel'.

Yudhishthira to the voice of Dharma, from Carriere's Mahabharata