The scientific observer of the realm of nature is in a sense naturally and inevitably disinterested. At least, nothing in the natural scene can arouse his bias. Furthermore, he stands completely outside of the natural so that his mind, whatever his limitations, approximates pure mind. The observer of the realm of history cannot be disinterested in the same way, for two reasons: first, he must look at history from some locus in history; secondly, he is to a certain degree engaged in its ideological conflicts.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.

I'm not afraid of too many things, and I got that invincible kind of attitude from my father.

We misjudge anybody who's different from us and the Jews diverge from our type, ethnically and religiously. That's their chief offense, but there are particular causes.

Our dreams of a pure virtue are dissolved in a situation in which it is possible to exercise the virtue of responsibility toward a community of nations only by courting the prospective guilt of the atomic bomb.

There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

The society in which each man lives is at once the basis for, and the nemesis of, that fulness of life which each man seeks.