Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing.

The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

Even under the most favorable circumstances no mortal can be asked to seize the truth in its wholeness or at its center.

There is no right government except good government.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public.