"Religion must completely encircle the spirit of ethical man like his element, and this luminous chaos of divine thoughts and feelings is called enthusiasm"

"Music is my religion"

"Art is exalted above religion and race. Not a single solitary soul these days believes in the religions of the Assyrians, the Egyptians and the Greeks... Only their art, whenever it was beautiful, stands proud and exalted, rising above all time"

"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science"

"There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion"

"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point"

"It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read"

"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend"

"Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other"

"All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world"