Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.

The quotation argues for a distinction between the transcendent aims of religion and the routines and pressures of ordinary social life: religion “remains higher,” i.e., it points beyond the merely practical. At the same time, it proposes that religious traditions must be capable of changing their outward “forms” (language, institutions, modes of address, cultural expression) so that modern people can more readily ascend toward that higher plane. The underlying claim is not that religious truth should be diluted, but that its presentation and mediation must be intelligible to contemporary consciousness. It thus balances permanence of spiritual purpose with adaptability of expression.