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

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

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

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.

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.

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

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.