Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it.

There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.

Culture as art is the peak expression of man's creativity, his capacity to break out of nature's narrow bounds, and hence out of the degrading interpretation of man in modern natural and political science.

The utilitarian behaves sensibly in all that is required for preservation but never takes account of the fact that he must die... His whole life is absorbed in avoiding death, which is inevitable, and therefore he might be thought to be the most irrational of men, if rationality has anything to do with understanding ends or comprehending the human situation as such.

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished.

Error is indeed our enemy, but it alone points to the truth and therefore deserves our respectful treatment.

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.