~ Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life. ~
~ Culture is both an intellectual phenomenon and a moral one. ~
~ In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions ~
~ Culture, with us, ends in headache ~
~ No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive. ~
~ High culture always isolates, always drives men out of their class, and makes it more difficult for them to share naturally and easily the common class-life around them. They seek the few companions who can understand them, and when these are not to be had within a traversable distance, they sit and work alone. ~
~ Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes will manufacture professor ~