The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.

Life is at an end where the kingdom of God begins

And I offer you this parable: Not a few who sought to cast out their devil entered into the swine themselves.

It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did not learn it better.

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child.

Behind a remarkable scholar we not infrequently find an average human being, and behind an average artist we often find a very remarkable human being.

The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces.