The 'polymath' had already died out by the close of the eighteenth century, and in the following century intensive education replaced extensive, so that by the end of it the specialist had evolved. The consequence is that today everyone is a mere technician, even the artist.
Dietrich BonhoefferWhen our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.
Dietrich BonhoefferNo sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.
Dietrich BonhoefferDeath is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer