So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
But where the lamb for this burnt-offering?
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps
and builded parapets and trenches there,
And [...]
Introit
Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the questions themselves.
Do not now seek answers that cannot be given
because you would not be able to live them,
And the point is to live everything.
Live the questions now.
Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it
Live along some distant day into the answer.
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