When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.

Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.

It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.

The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.

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.