I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace.

Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them.

Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human mind has conceived.

The science of pure mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit.

Religion is what the individual does with his own solitariness. Thus religion is solitariness; and if you are never solitary, you are never religious.

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.