The only analogy I have before me is Socrates. My task is a Socratic task, to revise the definition of what it is to be a Christian. For my part I do not call myself a "Christian" (thus keeping the ideal free), but I am able to make it evident that the others are still less than I.

Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily secured against despair.

Truth is not introduced into the individual from without, but was within him all the time.

Our age is essentially one of understanding and reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm and shrewdly relapsing into repose.

...the greatest thing each person can do is to give himself to God utterly and unconditionally - weaknesses, fears, and all. For God loves obedience more than good intentions or second-best offerings, which are all too often made under the guise of weakness.

The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology.

The best news the World has ever heard came from a graveyard - Christ is risen!