Because what is man without his volition but a stop on a barrel-organ cylinder?

“...he was by no means expansive, and talked little indeed, but not from shyness…”

“Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...N…”

“If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother …”

“And what if there are only spiders there, or something of that sort”