The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Everything which does not lead to charity is figurative. The sole object of Scripture is charity. Everything that does not lead to this sole good is figurative. For, since there is only one goal, everything that does not lead to it explicitly is figurative.

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

All our reasoning comes down to surrendering to feeling.

Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other.

At the far end of this infinite distance a coin is being spun which will come down heads or tails. How will you wager? Reason cannot make you choose either, reason cannot prove either wrong.

And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?