Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.

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

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

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.

Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope.