"In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education."

"Beauty is our weapon against nature by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature."

"Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women."

"Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys."

"Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason."

"Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself."

"You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."