Carl Van Doren

"Neither creator nor critic can make himself universal by barely taking thought about it. He is what he lives. The measure of the creator is the amount of life he puts Into his work. The measure of the…"

"There is no trustworthy evidence as to a god's absolute existence."

"Though he knows that knowledge is imperfect, he trusts it alone. If he takes, therefore, the less delight in metaphysics, he takes the more in physics."

"Whoever says he knows that immortality is a fact is merely hoping that it is."

"The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed ove…"

"It is obvious that no difficulty in the way of world government can match the danger of a world without it."

"Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to."

"The parallel between 1787 and 1948 is naturally not exact. Even if it were, 1787 would have no authority over 1948. Each age must make or keep its own government and determine its own future. Nor do t…"