"The truth is that there is a real humility typical of our time; but it so happens that it is practically a more poiso…"

"The sages, it is often said, can see no answer to the riddle of religion. But the trouble with our sages is not that …"

"The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. W…"

"Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction; where it was never me…"

"There is a thought that stops thought. That is the only thought that ought to be stopped."

"We are on the road to producing a race of men too mentally modest to believe in the multiplication table. We are in d…"

"Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle."

"The phrases of the street are not only forcible but subtle: for a figure of speech can often get into a crack too sma…"

"It is only with one aspect of humility that we are here concerned. Humility was largely meant as a restraint upon the…"

"Religious authority has often, doubtless, been oppressive or unreasonable; just as every legal system (and especially…"