| By the end of 1926 I had been convinced as to the baselessness of the theory of existence of an almighty supreme being who created, guided and controlled the universe. |
| The very baselessness of childhood fears offers parents an opportunity to teach their children a lesson that will last all their lives: that most fears exist only in the imagination. |
| In the last act, when Tristan falsely imagines Isolde coming to him, his delusion is expressed by the violins' effervescence and its baselessness by the inactivity of the double basses, declining to participate. |
