There is no dignity like the dignity of a soul in agony. Edith Hamilton More Quotes by Edith Hamilton More Quotes From Edith Hamilton ..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton Edith Hamilton no-trust hamilton greek I came to the Greeks early, and I found answers in them. Greece's great men let all their acts turn on the immortality of the soul. We don't really act as if we believed in the soul's immortality and that's why we are where we are today. Edith Hamilton greek soul men He was there beside her, yet she was far away from him, aone with her outraged love and her ruined life. Edith Hamilton ruined-life ruined far-away Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom) Edith Hamilton wise heart men ...a chasm opened in the earth and out of it coal-black horses sprang, drawing a chariot and driven by one who had a look of dark splendor, majestic and beautiful and terrible. He caught her to him and held her close. The next moment she was being borne away from the radiance of earth in springtime to the world of the dead by the king who rules it. Edith Hamilton horse kings beautiful To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated. Edith Hamilton learning curiosity education So far, we do not seem appalled at the prospect of exactly the same kind of education being applied to all the school children from the Atlantic to the Pacific, but there is an uneasiness in the air, a realization that the individual is growing less easy to find; an idea, perhaps, of what standardization might become when the units are not machines, but human beings. Edith Hamilton air children school The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind. Edith Hamilton running long way When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos. Edith Hamilton literature mind facts The fundamental facts about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priest had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greeks said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought. Edith Hamilton greek use mind There is a field where all wonderful perfections of microscope and telescope fail, all exquisite niceties of weights and measures, as well as that which is behind them, the keen and driving power of the mind. No facts however indubitably detected, no effort of reason however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful. Edith Hamilton failure music beautiful sooner or later, if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free. Edith Hamilton function mind thinking Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed. Edith Hamilton nature literature facts Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth. Edith Hamilton mind animal men Through Plato, Aristotle came to believe in God; but Plato never attempted to prove His reality. Aristotle had to do so. Plato contemplated Him; Aristotle produced arguments to demonstrate Him. Plato never defined Him; but Aristotle thought God through logically, and concluded with entire satisfaction to himself that He was the Unmoved Mover. Edith Hamilton plato believe reality All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet Edith Hamilton thinker planets odds The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly -- that and only that, is tragedy. Edith Hamilton tragedy soul suffering When we speak of beauty, we're speaking of something we're more or less indifferent to. Edith Hamilton indifferent speak Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. (Pyramus and Thisbe) Edith Hamilton covered-up fire heart Freedom was born in Greece because there men limited their own freedom. ... The limits to action established by law were a mere nothing compared to the limits established by a man's free choice. Edith Hamilton choices law men
