An Apology is never sufficient — A wound is not cured by the unbending of the bow.

Apology is, on some occasions, nothing but rudeness.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

An Apology only accounts for that which it does not alter.

The Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.

Echo is being’s call of distress into the present.

Echo is that which, by exposing us to modernity’s deep distress, also launches the other beginning of philosophy.

Echo is the scream of forgotten being from amidst the reign of technology.

Habit is the invisible architecture of daily life.

Habit is that into which uncertainty disappears.

Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.

Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.

Loss is necessarily partial — The loss of a thing affects us until we have lost it altogether.

Loss is necessary — If we didn't lose anything during life, we would lose life without anything.

Loss is not always bad — There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

Loss is earth-shattering — sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.