The very plants turn with a joyful transport to the light.
This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
Obedience is the Christian's crown.
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. In this great balance of utility, the spiritual service of art has no weight, and, deprived of all encouragement, it vanishes from the noisy Vanity Fair of our time.
Stubbornness is not firmness.