Berlioz says nothing in his music, but he says it magnificently.
A critic is a man who expects miracles.
For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it.
No great thing comes to any person unless that person has courage.