� Lost faith is worse than no faith at all, because it leaves behind a gaping hole, much like the hollow that the Spirit left when it abandoned this accursed world. But by their very nature, those god-shaped voids demand to be filled with something as precious as that which was lost. The choice of that something—if indeed it is a choice at all—rules the destiny of men. � � Benjamín Labatut

� Ehrenfest sought relentlessly what he called der springende Punkt, the leaping point, the heart of the matter, as for him deriving a result by logical means was never enough: “That is like dancing on one leg,� he would say, “when the essence lies in recognizing connections, meanings and associations in every direction.� For Ehrenfest, true understanding was a full-body experience, something that involved your entire being, not just your mind or reason. � � Benjamín Labatut