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.

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

A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought.

A people's literature is the great text-book for real knowledge of them.

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.

There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we do try, something unique and never surpassed will cease to exist except in the libraries of a few inquisitive book lovers.

The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.