Man has always been his own most vexing problem.
The fanatic is dangerous.
In the 17th and 18th centuries there was a kind of Protestantism that said, "If you could only get rid of the Bishop, then you'd be a true Christian".
Faith is the final triumph over incongruity, the final assertion of the meaningfulness of existence.
To be religious is not to feel, but to be.
What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.