Never take your eyes off them,” Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. “Didn’t MacNeil ever tell you that?
A people's literature is the great text-book for real knowledge of them.
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.
It is a certain rule that wit and passion are entirely incompatible. When the affections are moved, there is no place for the imagination.
Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
There have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it.