"The task is to understand myself, to understand what I am to do, to see what God really wishes me to do; the point is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I can live and d…"

"The present age has lost all passion and enthusiasm."

"The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that."

"The present age is essentially a sensible, reflecting age, which knows how to do everything, but which does nothing."

"The more a person is able to laugh, the more profound is his spirit."