Astonishment is the root of philosophy.

Loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude.

God does not exist. He is being-itself beyond essence and existence. Therefore to argue that God exists is to deny him.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.

In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents, and it makes them fanatical because they are forced to suppress elements of truth of which they are dimly aware

Faith as the state of being ultimately concerned implies love, namely, the desire and urge toward the reunion of the seperated.

Man is able to decide for or against reason, he is able to create beyond reason or to destroy below reason