Today's parents grew up with the silly notion that music was meant to be heard.
Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.
How wise must one be to be always kind.
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom.
Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.
Genius points the way, talent takes it.
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.
20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it.
Literature helps us transcend ourselves.
Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true.