Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.

I must find a truth that is true for me.

To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.

If the ethical - that is, social morality- is the highest ... then no categories are needed other than the Greek philosophical categories.

However much one generation learns from another, it can never learn from its predecessor the genuinely human factor. In this respect every generation begins afresh. Thus no generation has learned from another how to love, no generation can begin other than at the beginning.

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.

At one time my only wish was to be a police official. It seemed to me to be an occupation for my sleepless intriguing mind. I had the idea that there, among criminals, were people to fight: clever, vigorous, crafty fellows. Later I realized that it was good that I did not become one, for most police cases involve misery and wretchedness-not crimes and scandals.