Here are three typical answers: «He is as much a necessity to my spiritual existence as the elements of
pure air are to my physical system»; «If I were convinced that there is no God, I fear a sense of loneliness would become intolerable»; «As for any repose, or ability to face life and death with composure, any incentive to be perfect in things hidden
from outsiders, any
exhilaration in living and trying to do my best — I can not conceive it without the idea of God.»