It is only all too easy to understand the requirements contained in God's Word ('Give all your goods to the poor.' 'If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the left.' 'If anyone takes your coat, let him have your cloak also. Rejoice always.' 'Count it sheer joy when you meet various temptations' etc.). The most ignorant, poor creature cannot honestly deny being able to understand God's requirements. But it is tough on the flesh to will to understand it and to then act accordingly. It is not a question of interpretation, but action.

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

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.

A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

All moral elevation consists first and foremost of being weaned from the momentary.