In order to be a disciple of Jesus, it was not necessary to sign any formulary, or to pronounce any confession of faith; one thing only was necessary--to be attached to him, to love him.

He never disputed about God, for he felt Him directly in himself.

The rock of metaphysical subtleties, against which Christianity broke from the third century, was in nowise created by the Founder.

Jesus had neither dogma nor system, but a fixed personal resolution, which, exceeding in intensity every other created will, directs to this hour the destinies of humanity.
The Jewish people had the advantage, from the captivity of Babylon up to the Middle Ages, of being in a state of the greatest tension.

This is why the interpreters of the spirit of the nation during this long period seemed to write under the action of an intense fever, which placed them constantly either above or below reason, rarely in its middle path.