Not how the world is, is the mystical, but that it is.

Wittgenstein, Tractatus

May I die a good death, attending myself. May I never lose myself.

Perhaps the nearness of death will bring light into life. God enlighten me.

In constant danger of my life. By the grace of God the night went well. From time to time I despair. This is the fault of a wrong view of life.

I've had the time and quiet enough for working. But nothing stirs me. My material is far away from me. It is only death that gives life it meaning.

Understand people. Whenever you feel like hating them, try instead to understand them. Be at peace within yourself. But how do you find this peace in yourself? Only if I live in a way pleasing to God. Only so can one bear life.

Wittgenstein, Journals