vorbei!

"Vorbei! ein dummes Wort.

Warum vorbei?

Vorbei und reines Nicht, vollkommnes Einerlei!

Was soll uns denn das ew'ge Schaffen!

Geschaffenes zu nichts hinwegzuraffen!

"Da ist's vorbei!" Was ist daran zu lesen?

Es ist so gut, als wär' es nicht gewesen,

Und treibt sich doch im Kreis, als wenn es wäre.

Ich liebte mir dafür das Ewig-Leere."

- Mephistopheles from Faust

an interesting observation

"Like the drop of ink in the glass of water and the drop of water in the glass of ink. An evil doer does not purify his reputation with one good act, but the virtuous man ruins his reputation by one bad action. So evil would seem more effective than good. Odd that the world is not worse than it is." (Apr. 51)

- Bhikkhu Nanamoli from A Thinker's Note Book

morte...

"Death, death, death comes sweeping down, filthy death the leering clown, death on wings, death by surprise, failing evil from worldly eyes, death that spawns as life succumbs, while death and love, two kindred drums, beat the time till judgement day, an actor in a passion play, without beginning, without end, evermore, Amen."

- Francesco Dellamorte from Dellamorte Dellamore