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

Freedom was born in Greece because there men limited their own freedom. ... The limits to action established by law were a mere nothing compared to the limits established by a man's free choice.

The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.

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.

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

It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is to be educated.

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