The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.

You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

It will be a gay world. There will be lights everywhere except in the minds of men, and the fall of the last civilization will not be heard above the din.

Revolt, it will be said, implies violence; but this is an outmoded, an incompetent conception of revolt. The most effective form of revolt in this violent world we live in is non-violence.

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.