The temper of mind that sees tragedy in life has not for its opposite the temper that sees joy. The opposite pole to the tragic view of life is the sordid view.

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

He was there beside her, yet she was far away from him, aone with her outraged love and her ruined life.

When I read educational articles it often seems to me that this important side of the matter, the purely personal side, is not emphasized enough; the fact that it is so much more agreeable and interesting to be an educated person than not. The sheer pleasure of being educated does not seem to be stressed.

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Christ must be rediscovered perpetually.

Tell one your thoughts, but beware of two. All know what is known to three