Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.

It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill.

And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

The modern clercs have created in so-called cultivated society a positive romanticism of harshness. The have also created a romanticism of contempt.

The modern moralists extol ... the cult of practical activity in defiance of the disinterested life.

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.

This time it is real — all must die, and where could mountaineer find a more glorious death!

I am bothered by poems I don't understand.

When religion becomes so involved in a future good "over yonder" that it forgets the present evils over here it is as dry as dust religion and needs to be condemned.

In the corrupted currents of this worldOffence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itselfBuys out the law. . . (Claudius, from Hamlet, Act 3, scene 3)

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you.

The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States.

There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last