Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience.

Reality the iconoclast once more. Heaven will solve our problems, but not, I think, by showing us subtle reconciliations between all our apparently contradictory notions. The notions will all be knocked from under our feet. We shall see that there never was any problem.

The unhistorical are usually, without knowing it, enslaved to a fairly recent past.

And this is the marvel of marvels; that he called me Beloved.

We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. They they become gods: then they become demons. Then they will destroy us, and also destroy themselves. For natural loves that are allowed to become gods do not remain loves. They are still called so, but can become in fact complicated forms of hatred.

Love is unselfishly choosing for another's highest good.

Fine feelings, new insights, greater interest in ʿreligionʾ mean nothing unless they make our actual behavior better.