"He spoke to the sand. It explained to him that the wind could take him and carry him across the desert and
then he could become a stream again. He asked if he would then remain the same as before? The sand
answered him that this was not possible, because his essence would be carried away and would again form a
stream. He would be called what he is even today, because he did not know which part in him was the
essential one."
— Lazarus