Had I to carve an inscription on my tombstone I would ask for none other than "The Individual."

The more people who believe something, the more apt it is to be wrong. The person who's right often has to stand alone.

Spirit is the third, yet in such a way that one can speak of a synthesis only when the spirit is posited.

To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self.... And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self.

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle.

I have never fought in such a way as to say: I am the true Christian, others are not Christians.

The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.