He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve ….

For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath can blow it away..

When all this is over, people will try to blame the Germans alone, and the Germans will try to blame the Nazis alone, and the Nazis will try to blame….

Every cataclysm is welcomed by somebody; there is always someone to rejoice at disaster and see in it the prospect of a new beginning and a better wo….

I learned that I' have to be detached if I was ever to achieve anything at all..

Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ign….

The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be..

For what are we but our past? If that is lost, we become nothing..

God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family so demean themselves. How can one tell w….

Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating som….

Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless..

Virtue comes through contemplation of the divine, and the exercise of philosophy. But it also comes through public service. The one is incomplete wit….

She was looking for something I could never give her." Again his dark eyes bored into Julia's mind. "You have something of the same about you, young ….

Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and mus….

Who you are is less important than what you seem..

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place..

The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse..

In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the life of one man w….

Manlius ... took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all arou….

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the trut….

The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind." (Marco).