the possibility of perfection, but to make an end of the ideal itself. The ideal that has power over men is not an ideal invented by someone, but the ideal that every man carries within his soul. Only this ideal of complete infinite perfection has power over men, and stimulates them to action.

A moderate perfection loses its power of influencing men's hearts.

Christ's teaching only has power when it demands absolute perfection — that is, the fusion of the divine nature which exists in every man's soul with the will of God — the union of the Son with the Father. Life according to Christ's teaching consists of nothing but this setting free of the Son of God, existing in every man, from the animal, and in bringing him closer to the Father.