Every man is important if he loses his life;and every man is funny if he loses his hat and has to run after it.
A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.
Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song.
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
For us who live in cities Nature is not natural. Nature is supernatural. Just as monks watched and strove to get a glimpse of heaven, so we watch and strive to get a glimpse of earth. It is as if men had cake and wine every day but were sometimes allowed common bread.