"Von alters her ist der Glaube nicht jedermanns Ding gewesen, von der Religion haben immer nur Wenige etwas verstanden…"

"I know how well you have succeeded in making your earthly life so rich and varied, that you no longer stand in need o…"

"On every subject, however small and unimportant, you would most willingly be taught by those who have devoted to it t…"

"The human soul, as is shown both by its passing actions and its inward characteristics, has its existence chiefly in …"

"I mean, in particular, those who unite those opposing activities, by imprinting in their lives a characteristic form …"

"Far more the earthly and sensual require such mediators from whom to learn how much of the highest nature of humanity…"

"Acknowledge, then, with me, what a priceless gift the appearance of such a person must be when the higher feeling has…"

"Piety ... helped me as I began to sift the faith of my fathers and to cleanse thought and feeling from the rubbish of…"

"Those proud Islanders whom many unduly honour, know no watchword but gain and enjoyment. Their zeal for knowledge is …"

"Religion is as far removed, by its whole nature, from all that is systematic as philosophy is naturally disposed to it."