The ideas of Freud were popularized by people who only imperfectly understood them, who were incapable of the great effort required to grasp them in their relationship to larger truths, and who therefore assigned to them a prominence out of all proportion to their true importance.

An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it.

The great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Only the adventurous can understand the greatness of the past.

A clash of doctrine is not a disaster, it is an opportunity.

The purpose of education is not to fill a vessel but to kindle a flame.

Art heightens the sense of humanity. It gives an elation to feeling which is supernatural...A million sunsets will not spur us on towards civilization. It requires Art to evoke into consciousness the finite perfections which lie ready for human achievement.

Philosophy asks the simple question: What is it all about?