There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect. Men do not quarrel about the meaning of sunsets; they never dispute that the hawthorn says the best and wittiest thing about the spring.

How much happier you would be, how much more of you there would be, if the hammer of a higher God could smash your small cosmos.

(Tradition) is the democracy of the dead.

For us who live in cities Nature is not natural. Nature is supernatural. Just as monks watched and strove to get a glimpse of heaven, so we watch and strive to get a glimpse of earth. It is as if men had cake and wine every day but were sometimes allowed common bread.

There is more to life than increasing its speed. Gandhi gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Richard Bach Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

There'd be a lot less scandal if people didn't idealize sin and pose as sinners.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.