“Loneliness, in all its stresses, and all its pressures, possesses 2 oppressive dangers: the potential to make a man either depressed with himself or obsessed with himself; in his own mind, he will become like either a beast or a god.” GodLonelinessDepressionPossessionObsessionBeastCompanionshipLonerSelf ObsessionMental Decline Author:Criss Jami
“Vigilance fled in old age and man was like the other animals then, who science said could not see themselves. Here man was fully animal again, but he was still tender... you never lost what you were, never lost it fully. There was always the suspicion of a past life that faded and returned.” AgingMemoryOld AgeGetting OldRememberingMental Decline Book:How the Dead Dream Source: How the Dead Dream