After all, in the poets love has its priests, and sometimes one hears a voice which knows how to defend it; but of faith one hears never a word. Who speaks in honor of this passion? Philosophy goes further. Theology sits rouged at the window and courts its favor, offering to sell her charms to philosophy. it is supposed to be difficult to understand Hegel, but to understand Abraham is a trifle. To go beyond Hegel's is a miracle, but to get beyond Abraham is the easiest thing of all. Fear and Trembling

Death, a cause of terror to the sinner, is a blessed moment for him who has walked in the right path. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A sense of humour is a sense of proportion. Sand and Foam

Pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the human sufferer. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man