Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Only one deception is possible in the infinite sense, self-deception.

Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.

...it is not the obscure passages in Scripture that bind you but the ones you understand. With these you are to comply at once. If you understood only one passage in all of Scripture, well, then you must do that first of all. It will be this passage God asks you about. Do not first sit down and ponder the obscure passages. God's Word is given in order that you shall act according to it, not that you gain expertise in interpreting it.

Spiritual superiority only sees the individual. But alas, ordinarily we human beings are sensual and, therefore, as soon as it is a gathering, the impression changes - we see something abstract, the crowd, and we become different. But in the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do not make a crowd, He only sees each individual.

My standpoint is armed neutrality.