Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.

Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.

The Renaissance had resulted in the emancipation of the individual, in making him feel that the universe had no other purpose than his happiness. This brought an entirely new answer to the question, 'Why should I do this or that?' It used to be, 'Because self-instituted authority command you.' The answer now was, 'Because it is good for men.' In this lies our greatest debt to the Renaissance, that it instituted the welfare of men as the end of all action.

When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.

Art, in the widest sense of the word, is the instrument Hellenism has used and would use for that purpose. All the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visual arts, the theatre, must work singly and together to create the most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, the free man.

You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature.

Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.