I am a little too absorbed by science to be able to philosophise much; but the more I look into myself, the more I find myself possessed by the conviction that it is only the science of Christ running through all things, that is to say true mystical science, that really matters. I let myself get caught up in the game when I geologise.

[O]ther thinkers have philosophised since the time of Plato, but that does not destroy the interest and beauty of his philosophy