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

Great art is more than a transient refreshment. It is something which adds to the permanent richness of the soul's self-attainment. It justifies itself both by its immediate enjoyment, and also by its discipline of the inmost being. Its discipline is not distinct from enjoyment but by reason of it. It transforms the soul into the permanent realization of values extending beyond its former self.

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays to the devil.

Identification of rhythm as the casual counterpart of life; wherever there is some life, only perceptible to us when the analogies are sufficiently close.

Life is complex in its expression, involving more than percipience, namely desire, emotion, will, and feeling.

Everyone is a philosopher. Not everyone is good at it.

The only use of knowledge of the past is to equip us for the present.