Poetry and preaching do not go well together; when the preacher mounts the pulpit the poet usually goes away.
Edith HamiltonOur word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.
Edith HamiltonThe temper of mind that sees tragedy in life has not for its opposite the temper that sees joy. The opposite pole to the tragic view of life is the sordid view.
Edith HamiltonA word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought.
Edith HamiltonThere is a field where all wonderful perfections of microscope and telescope fail, all exquisite niceties of weights and measures, as well as that which is behind them, the keen and driving power of the mind. No facts however indubitably detected, no effort of reason however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful.
Edith Hamilton