If the whole of Christianity hangs on this, on its having to be believed, not comprehended, on its either having to be believed or one's having to be offended by it, is it then so commendable to want to comprehend? (p. 131)

No human being is able to say, of his own and by himself, what sin is, for sin is the very thing he is in. All his talk about sin is at bottom a glossing over …

Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time. (p. 142)

People think the world needs a republic, and they think it needs a new social order, and a new religion, but it never occurs to anyone that what the world real…