Humor is not an unconditional virtue; its moral character depends on its object. To laugh at the contemptible, is a virtue; to laugh at the good, is a hideous vice. Too often, humor is used as the camouflage of moral cowardice.

Aquinas brought an Aristotelian view of reason back into European culture, and lighted the way toward the Renaissance.

A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline - sharp, clear, whole.

Live a life as a monument to your soul.

In the temple of his spirit, each man is alone.

She's a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn't be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind.

When I listen to a symphony I love, I don't get from it what the composer got. His 'Yes' was different from mine. He could have no concern for mine and no exact conception of it. That answer is too personal to each man. But in giving himself what he wanted, he gave me a great experience.