If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time.

Beneath the dingy uniformity of international fashions in dress, man remains what he has always been; a splendid fighting animal, a self-sacrificing hero, and a blood thirsty savage.

Lutheranism is essentially German... It worships a God who is neither just nor merciful.

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time.

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.