The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
In each of us there dwells a mystery, and that mystery is the human personality.
The only artist who does not deserve respect is the one who works to please the public, for commercial success or for official success.
To philosophize man must put his whole soul into play, in much the same manner that to run he must use his heart and lungs.
God's love causes the beauty of what He loves, our love is caused by the beauty of what we love.
The more the poet grows, the deeper the level of creative intuition descends into the density of his soul. Where formerly he could be moved to song, he can do nothing now, he must dig deeper.
It is implanted in the Christian soul, by the side of the running waters, under the sky of the theological virtues, amid the breaths of the seven gifts of the Spirit. It is natural for it to bear Christian fruit.
I walk until given shelter, fast until given food. I don't ask - it's given without asking. Aren't people good! There's a spark of good in everybody, no mater how deeply it may be buried. It's waiting to govern your life gloriously.
In general, those who defend capitalism are basically out of touch with reality.
Others loved themselves, money, theories, power: Lenin loved his fellow men. . . . Lenin was God, as Christ was God, because God is Love and Christ and Lenin were all Love!
Entrepreneurs are perennially short on cash, so they tend to hire less expensive and less experienced team members. Yet most founders are overworked, so they have no time and budget for coaching and training. Team members not confident in their roles lose motivation quickly.