In theology the conservative temper tends to formalism.

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.

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

The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men.

The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.

Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.

The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the protagonists of the mind.