My scholarly expectation is then that I may succeed in becoming clever in philosophy in spite of my stupidity.

I believe that there is a longing in my soul that searches the whole world.

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.

It is not a gain that guilt should be wholly forgotten. On the contrary, it is loss and perdition. But it is a gain to win an inner intensity of heart through a deeper and deeper inner sorrowing over guilt.

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

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