strings: thereby we become mediocre, losing that drive, that intensity to find out the whole significance of existence. Therefore it is important to discover these things for ourselves, because self-knowledge cannot be given to us by another, it is not to be found through any book. We must discover, and to discover there must he the intention, the search, the inquiry. So long as that intention to find out, to inquire deeply, is weak or does not exist, merc assertion or a casual wish to find out about oneself is of very little significance.