Slavoj Žižek: "The Fragile Absolute: Or, Why Is the Christian Legacy Worth Fighting For?s"

“What is the Absolute? Something that appears to us in fleeting experiences--say, through the gentle smile of a beautiful woman, or even through the warm caring smile of a person who may otherwise seem ugly and rude. In such miraculous but extremely fragile moments, another dimension transpires through our reality. As such, the Absolute is easily corroded;it slips all too easily through our fingers and must be handled as carefully as a butterfly” 

(for reviews of žižek's "living at the end of times" read here and here)

(for more žižek check the following video:  "don't act, think")