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![]() Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.That which is and that which cannot be are both outside the realm of becoming. Among those in whom the supernatural part of themselves has not been awakened, the atheists are right and the believers wrong. When one speaks to you of unbelievers who are in affliction and accept their affliction as a part of the order of the world, it does not impress you in the same way as if it were a question of Christians and of submission to the will of God. From modern thought to ancient wisdom the path would be short and direct, if one cared to take it. Wrongly or rightly you think that I have a right to the name of Christian. Concern for the symbol has completely disappeared from our science. Quotes Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. 1.9 On Science, Necessity, and the Love of God (1968).1.6.1 Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God.1.5.11 Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1957).1.2 Draft for a Statement of Human Obligation (1943). ![]()
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