Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow, you must not stay with it under any circumstances.
The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
I would say that he has a rather limited and uncreative way of looking at the situation.
A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war, wide awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance.