"It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects."
"A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live."
"Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history."