We should learn to become better friends with ourselves. ‘All our unhappiness comes from our inability to sit alone in our room.’

Translated from Latin, 'under the aspect of eternity' is a phrase from philosopher Baruch Spinoza.

‘What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.’ - Seneca.

St Augustine was deeply interested in finding explanations for the evident tragic disorder of the world.

'Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.' - Immanuel Kant