"The Church has consistently and justly refused to allow that reason might stand in opposition to faith, and yet be pl…"

"Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object."

"We must first of all, however, definitely understand, in reference to the end we have in view, that it is not the con…"

"The beginning of religion, more precisely its content, is the concept of religion itself, that God is the absolute tr…"

"Spirit is knowledge; but in order that knowledge should exist, it is necessary that the content of that which it know…"

"It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in providence, than to see their real import or …"

"Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help."

"To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual."

"The science of religion is one science within philosophy; indeed it is the final one. In that respect it presupposes …"

"History is not the soil of happiness. The periods of happiness are blank pages in it."