One form of religion perpetually gives way to another; if religion did not change it would be dead. ... Each time the new ideas appear they are seen at first as a deadly foe threatening to make religion perish from the earth; but in the end there is a deeper insight and a better life with ancient follies and prejudices gone.

The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly -- that and only that, is tragedy.

The greater the suffering depicted, the more terrible the events, the more intense our pleasure.

There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.

..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton

It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is to be educated.

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.