Now it is nothing but torture.
Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful. . . was a mark of the Greek spirit.
The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.
It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is to be educated.
Pain is the most individualized thing on earth. It is true that it is the great common bond as well, but that realization only comes when it is over. To suffer is to be alone. To watch another suffer is to know the barrier that shuts each of us away by himself Only individuals can suffer.
The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter.
Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.
In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.