Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. (Pyramus and Thisbe)

The anthropologists are busy, indeed, and ready to transport us back into the savage forest where all human things ... have their beginnings; but the seed never explains the flower.

sooner or later, if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free.

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.

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

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.