Max Planck Quote

Farsighted theologians are now working to mine the eternal metal from the teachings of Jesus and to forge it for all time.

From Planck to Study (2 December 1913), (Autog. I/383, SPK); as quoted in The Dilemmas of an Upright Man : Max Planck As Spokesman for German Science (1986) by J. L. Heilbron, p. 67