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

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

When we speak of beauty, we're speaking of something we're more or less indifferent to.

Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well.

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.

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)

though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little, and the lesson-book we cannot graduate from is human experience.