Literary Experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege of individuality.. .Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do.

Nothing can seem extraordinary until you have discovered what is ordinary.

Monarchy can easily be "debunked," but watch the faces, mark well the debunkers. These are the men whose taproot in Eden has been cut: whom no rumour of the polyphony, the dance, can reach - men to whom pebbles laid in a row are more beautiful than an arch. Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes or film stars instead: For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.

You can't see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears.

And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins

Everything that is not eternal is worthless in eternity.

Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.