Without that - nothing. If, therefore, we end up with nothing at the end of our quest, then the only logical conclusion is that our manner of seeking has been wrong and that alone led us into a dead end. Not everyone is capable of or willing to summon up these qualities at the right moment. I have grown to love good men, have grown to hate myself, and I accepted truth. Now it was all clear to me.
Life is a monstrous evil.
The answer would be a true one, but only for the man who gave it. The character of the pastor in Winter Light comes to the conclusion that God is silent - and it never dawns on him that it is he, who is silent to God's call. It is he, who has rendered himself incapable of understanding the Language of God, in which He continually speaks to every single one of us every second of our existence. That is why, sooner or later, everyone must come to recognize the need to seek the source, which will restore to us the Knowledge of this Language. The Knowledge, whose verification is anchored not in belief, but in the naturalness of life itself.