Life Would Die Without Poets, And Democracy

A World In Everlasting Conflict Between The New Idea And The Old Allegiances, New Arts And New Inventions Against The Old Establishment.

Politics Is Like Navigation In A Sea Without Charts, And Wise Men Live The Lives Of Pilgrims.

A Friend Of Mine Tells Me That A Beethoven Symphony Can Solve For Him A Problem Of Conduct. I've No Doubt That It Does So Simply By Giving Him A Sense Of The Tragedy And The Greatness Of Human Destiny, Which Makes His Personal Anxieties Seem Small, Which Throws Them Into A New Proportion.

It Is Sometimes Said That Toleration Should Be Refused To The Intolerant. In Practice This Would Destroy It... The Only Remedy For Dogmatism And Lies Is Toleration And The Greatest Possible Liberty Of Expression.

Where Can One Find A Profounder Desolation Than In The Poor Child Who Has Lost Its Mother?