Irvin Yalom. Schopenhauer as medicine (№ 81679)

... he was overwhelmed with compassion and to her and to the rest of the brethren, who were, like him, are victims of thoughtless evolution, from a whim, giving the unfortunate consciousness and not caring about how to implement their psychological defence mechanism from the suffering of mortal existence. But because we year after year, for centuries, millennia with a rare tenacity continue to build one homebrew a proof of his own immortality after the other. When we, each of us, cease to seek the unknown to a higher power, merged with which, finally, secure his eternity? When you cease to beg of heaven detailed guidance on the right path, clinging to the edge of someone's big clothing to produce new ceremonies and rituals?