The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.

Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon.

According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.