Regarding some of his anxieties at the time, he wrote: “When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. ”
فقد كتب عن الهموم التي ساورته في تلك الايام :‏ « حين استعيد في ذاكرتي كل تلك الهموم ،‏ تخطر في بالي قصة رجل مسن قال وهو على فراش الموت انه قلقَ بشأن امور كثيرة في حياته معظمها لم يحدث قط » .‏