"...one in an awkward, the other in a more intelligent way,
each as best he can."
"...one in an awkward, the other in a more intelligent way,
each as best he can." [Each human being] represents a unique and valuable experiment on the part of nature . . . the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again. That is why every [person's] story is important, eternal, sacred; that is why every [person] as long as [he or she] lives and fulfills the will of nature is wondrous and worthy of every consideration. In each individual the spirit has become flesh, in each [person] the creation suffers, within each one a redeemer is nailed to the cross. Each [person's] life represents a road toward [himself or herself], an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path. No [person] has ever been entirely and completely [himself or herself]. Yet each one strives to become that--one in an awkward, the other in a more intelligent way, each as best [he or she] can. --from the Prologue to Demian, by Hermann Hesse