The real history does not get written, because it is not in people's brains but in their nerves and vitals.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

I always feel that I have two duties to perform with a parting guest: one, to see that he doesn't forget anything that is his; the other, to see that he doesn't take anything that is mine.

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 absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.

The factor in human life provocative of a noble discontent is the gradual emergence of a sense of criticism, founded upon appreciation of beauty, and of intellectual distinction, and of duty.

The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.