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

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

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

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

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.

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.