Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
Jacques BarzunExcept among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.
Jacques BarzunIf it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.
Jacques Barzun