We never live so intensely as when we love strongly. We never realize ourselves so vividly as when we are in full glow of love for others.

The belief in a satanic kingdom exists today only where religious and theological traditions keep this believe alive.

History is never antiquated, because humanity is always fundamentally the same.

Whoever uncouples the religious and the social life has not understood Jesus. Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought.

Christianity is in its nature revolutionary

Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.