I agree with your remark about loving your enemy as far as actions are concerned. But for me the cognitive basis is the trust in an unrestricted causality. 'I cannot hate him, because he must do what he does.' That means for me more Spinoza than the prophets.

[Mystery] is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

...behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.

Don't be too hard on me. Everyone has to sacrifice at the altar of stupidity from time to time.

Overemphasis of the competitive system and premature specialization on the ground of immediate usefulness kill the spirit on which all cultural life depends, specialized knowledge included.

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.