When an old truth ceases to be applicable, it does not become any truer by being stood on its head.

Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed in public.

A theology which is not based on revelation as a given reality but treats God as an idea would be as mad as a zoology which is no longer sure of the physical, tangible existence of animals.

There are no parallels to the life of the concentration camps. All seeming parallels create confusion and distract attention from what is essential. Forced labor in prisons and penal colonies, banishment, slavery, all seem for a moment to offer helpful comparisons, but on closer examination lead nowhere.

Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but antipolitical, perhaps the most powerful of all antipolitical forces.

Generally speaking, violence always arises out of impotence. It is the hope of those who have no power.

Scientific and philosophic truth have parted company.