Thought is essentially practical in the sense that but for thought no motion would be an action, no change a progress.

Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.

The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive

The only kind of reform usually possible is reform from within; a more intimate study and more intelligent use of the traditional forms.

An ideal cannot wait for its realization to prove its validity.

Culture is on the horns of this dilemma: if profound and noble it must remain rare, if common it must become mean.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.