The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

Our dreams of bringing the whole of human history under the control of the human will are ironically refuted by the fact that no group of idealists can easily move the pattern of history toward the desired goal of peace and justice. The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Aim for the stars and maybe you'll reach the sky.

Man is both strong and weak, both free and bound, both blind and far-seeing. He stands at the juncture of nature and spirit; and is involved in both freedom and necessity.

The old prose writers wrote as if they were speaking to an audience; while, among us, prose is invariably written for the eye alone.