Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions; but it sometimes acts as a clog rather than a spur.
Each man has to seek out his own special aptitude for a higher life in the midst of the humble and inevitable reality of daily existence. Than this there can be no nobler aim in life.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
NOBLEMAN n. Natures provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.
Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions; but it sometimes acts as a clog rather than a spur.
Each man has to seek out his own special aptitude for a higher life in the midst of the humble and inevitable reality of daily existence. Than this there can be no nobler aim in life.
Be noble! and the nobleness that lies In other men sleeping but never dead Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
It is too difficult to think nobly when one only thinks to get a living.
True nobility is exempt from fear.
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.