God is the middle term. Only by loving God above all else can one love the neighbor. Love for the neighbor is therefore the eternal equality in loving. Equality is simply not to make distinctions and eternal equality is unconditionally not to make the slightest distinction, unqualifiedly not to make the slightest distinction. The essential Christian is itself too weighty, in its movements too earnest to scurry about, dancing, in the frivolity of such facile talk about the higher, highest, and the supremely highest. Works of Love

"Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary?" Metamorphosis and Other Stories

"Let us work without reasoning," said Martin; "it is the only way to make life endurable." Candide

“Let’s sleep, one forgets everything when he sleeps.” My Sweet Orange Tree