The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.

The outer ring of Christianity is a rigid guard of ethical abnegations and professional priests; but inside that inhuman guard you will find the old human life dancing like children and drinking wine like men; for Christianity is the only frame for pagan freedom. But in the modern philosophy the case is opposite; it is its outer ring that is obviously artistic and emancipated; its despair is within.

Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.

It is still bad taste to be an avowed atheist. But now it is equally bad taste to be an avowed Christian.

Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.

Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.

This is the age in which thin and theoretic minorities can cover and conquer unconscious and untheoretic majorities.