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

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

The fundamental facts about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priest had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greeks said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.

Pain is the most individualized thing on earth. It is true that it is the great common bond as well, but that realization only comes when it is over. To suffer is to be alone. To watch another suffer is to know the barrier that shuts each of us away by himself Only individuals can suffer.

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

The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the protagonists of the mind.

Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.