Socrates condemned art because he preferred philosophy and only after much internal struggle did Plato accept this judgment.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

The saying, "The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored," is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.--A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation.

What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger

Without myth, however, every culture loses its healthy creative natural power: it is only a horizon encompassed with myth that rounds off to unity a social movement.

I love him who chasteneth his God, because he loveth his God: for he must succumb through the wrath of his God.

To learn from our enemies is the best pathway to loving them: for it makes us grateful to them.