Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.

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Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain;...

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous...

Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous...

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into...

The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into...

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct...

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct...

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long...

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long...

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to...

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to...

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

The historian is a prophet looking backward.

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry.

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing...

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing...

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.

All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a...

Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a...

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this...

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this...

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is...

Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is...

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.

Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.