“Now in these troubled times, even more than ever, we need an affirmation that there is goodness and beauty in the world.”

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

All translation is a compromise – the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.

I am not blaming the past. … But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.

Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.

If you don’t find a God by five o’clock this afternoon you must leave the college.

It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty.

We can’t search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.

Give the clergy your sympathy; don’t give them anything else.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

Plato’s dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.

Most higher education is devoted to affirming the traditions and origins of an existing elite and transmitting them to new members.

I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.

The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it.

With each passing moment of life, we learn lesson, but it is upto us to affirm and grow from that.

Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.

Poetry has always mattered, through human history, through all kinds of cultures, all kinds of violence and human desolation, as well as periods of great human affirmation.