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Judaism and Christianity in themselves are distinctly separate entities, to be sure; but when considering their influence on Western thought, we must bear in mind that Christianity alone, or almost alone, transmitted the Jewish share, simply by what it contained of it in its own, original constitution.
“Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.”
“That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessnes...”
“For a scientific theory of him to be possible, man, including his habits of valuation, has to be taken as determined by causal laws, as an instance and part of nature.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me...”
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”
“So many books, so little time.”
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”