An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason

Humans are amphibians — half spirit and half animal. 

As spirits they belong to the eternal world, 

but as animals they inhabit time.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, 

but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Of all tyrannies 

a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims 

may be the most oppressive.

Literature adds to reality, 

it does not simply describe it. 

It enriches the necessary competencies 

that daily life requires and provides;

Reason is the natural order of truth; 

but imagination is the organ of meaning.