It seems at times barely possible that Europe will outgrow its hotheaded youthfulness and its intellectual brilliance .... will be a little less desirous to make progress, and little more anxious to understand life. "
他認為人類智巧極端有限，文化較晚近的民族，或許熱中進步，至於文化老大的民族，在人生歷程上長了許多見識，乃厭倦於問題的考究，於是心繫生活，講究家園之樂。