Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

The most important question in the world is, ‚Why is the child crying?‘

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.