Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away.

Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.

The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.

Ages of faith and of unbelief are always said to mark the course of history.

The fundamental facts about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priest had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greeks said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.

Convention, so often a mask for injustice.