To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit, which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.
The Old Testament is the record of men’s conviction that God speaks directly to men.
There is no dignity like the dignity of a soul in agony.
When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith.
Convention, so often a mask for injustice.
The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.
None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught.
When we speak of beauty, we’re speaking of something we’re more or less indifferent to.
Myths are early science, the result of men’s first trying to explain what they saw around them.
Tragedy cannot take place around a type. Suffering is the most individualizing thing on earth.
