The Essential Point Of View

The Most Important Thing In Love Is The Sense For One Another, And The Highest Thing The Faith In One Another. Devotion Is The Expression Of That Faith, And Pleasure Can Revive And Enhance That Sense, Even If Not Create It, As Is Commonly Thought. Therefore, Sensuality Can Delude Bad Persons For A Short Time Into Thinking They Could Love Each Other.

I Can No Longer Say My Love And Your Love; They Are Both Alike In Their Perfect Mutuality.

Whoever Could Properly Characterize Goethe's Meister Would Have Actually Expressed What Is The Timely Trend In Literature. He Would Be Able, As Far As Literary Criticism Is Concerned, To Rest.

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

Whoever Does Not Philosophize For The Sake Of Philosophy, But Rather Uses Philosophy As A Means, Is A Sophist.