The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to see the past in the future. Things persisted in not being what they seemed.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.

Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion-it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals.

In History, stagnant waters, whether they be stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life and vitality, the community has to brave certain perils and must countenance a measure of heresy. One must live dangerously if one wants to live at all.