People used to sacrifice to the gods, and the wheat grew. Today, one works at a machine and one gets bread from the baker’s. The relation between the act and its result is no clearer than before. That is why the will plays so small a part in life today. We spend our time in wishing. Ambiguity of the word wish . . . Eliminate all wishing from human life. Substitute will—and give up expecting anything that is not the reward of work. If you get anything more, receive it as a grace . . . Ambiguity of the word grace, too. (the most beautiful word . . .) (Love can only be pure to the extent that it is, precisely, a grace). ' We no longer know how to receive grace. (First and Last Notebooks)