One does well to put on gloves when reading the New Testament. The proximity of so much uncleanliness almost forces one to do this.

Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence.

There is always some madness in love.

Many die too late, and some die too early. Yet strangers soundeth the precept: "Die at the right time!"

Prejudice of the learned. - The learned judge correctly that people of all ages have believed they know what is good and evil, praise- and blameworthy. But it is a prejudice of the learned that we now know better than any other age.

'God himself cannot exist without wise men' - Luther said, and was right. But 'God can exist even less without unwise men' - that good old Luther did not say.

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.