The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that.

It seems to be my destiny to discourse on truth, insofar as I discover it, in such a way that all possible authority is simultaneously demolished.

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.

A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it.

O Luther, you had 95 theses . . . The matter is far more terrible-there is only one thesis. The Christianity of the New Testament does not exist at all. Here there is nothing to reform.