Christ, with whom the multitude could not deal other than by making him into God Himself, thus enabling itself to venerate as God him whom they had l… - Constantin Brunner

From the midst of the flat plain of human reason, there arises the terrible, fire-spewing mountain of genius.

Great, strong, spiritual love — which is always at the same time a genuine, unsentimental love of man — cannot be without wrath. … Anger can no more be separated from love than flame and heat can from fire. Love and anger are a single fire of the Spirit.

And so, from this day forth, we want all the more to let our thoughts revolve around and hover over Socrates and Christ at all times, openly taking pride that they are more alive for us than all those living today and that we listen to and love them as we do none of the living.