Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane..

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards..

Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to di….

We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism that was i….

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of national….

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also….

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service..

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment..

Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoret….

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself..

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection..

To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations ….

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people..

Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards..

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual..