Morality Without A Sense Of Paradox Is

Imagination Must First Be Filled To The Point Of Saturation With Life Of Every Kind Before The Moment Arrives When The Friction Of Free Sociability Electrifies It To Such An Extent That The Most Gentle Stimulus Of Friendly Or Hostile Contact Elicits From It Lightning Sparks, Luminous Flashes, Or Shattering Blows.

Irony Is The Form Of Paradox. Paradox Is What Is Good And Great At The Same Time.

The Main Thing Is To Know Something And To Say It.

What Do The Few Existing Mystics Still Do? -- They More Or Less Mold The Raw Chaos Of Already Existing Religion. But Only In An Isolated, Insignificant Manner, Through Feeble Attempts. Do It In A Grand Manner From All Aspects With Unified Efforts, And Let Us Awaken All Religions From Their Graves, Newly Revivify And Form The Immortal Ones Through The Omnipotence Of Art And Science.

If One Believes Philosophers, Then What We Call Religion Is Only A Deliberately Popularized Or An Instinctively Artless Philosophy. Poets Seem To Consider Religion Rather As A Variation Of Poetry Which By Misjudging Its Proper Beautiful Game Takes Itself Too Seriously And One-sidedly. Philosophy, However, Admits And Recognizes That It Can Begin And Complete Itself Only With Religion. Poetry Seeks Only To Strive For The Infinite And Despises Worldly Utility And Culture, Which Are The True Antitheses Of Religion. Eternal Peace Among Artists Is Thus Not Far Away.