‘On the contrary, complete atheism is more respectable than secular indifference,’ Tikhon rejoined merrily and ingenuously. ‘Oho, so that’s what you think.’ ‘The complete atheist stands on the next-to-last highest rung leading to the fullest and most complete faith (he may take that step, or he may not), but the indifferent man has no faith at all, except an ugly fear.’
