The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium.

There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.

Convention, so often a mask for injustice.

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.

Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away.