“It’s good,” he thought, “to taste for one’s self all that which one needs to know. The lust for the world and wealth were not among the best things in life; I already learned this as a child. I have known it for a long time, but have only experienced this now. And now I know this, not just in my mind, but in my eyes, my heart, and my stomach. Bravo for me because I know this!”
