Nothing seems to me to be rarer today then genuine hypocrisy. I greatly suspect that this plant finds the mild atmosphere of our culture unendurable. Hypocrisy has its place in the ages of strong belief: in which even when one is compelled to exhibit a different belief one does not abandon the belief one already has.

They would have to sing better songs for me to learn to have faith in their Redeemer; and his disciples would have to look more redeemed!

It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

We must take precautions against being prematurely honed sharp--since at the same time we are being prematurely honed thin.

To experience a thing as beautiful means: to experience it necessarily wrongly.

A man unconsciously imagines that where he is strong, where he feels most thoroughly alive, the element of his freedom must lie.