There is no wealth but life.

Milton saw not, and Beethoven heard not, but the sense of beauty was upon them, and they fain must speak.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.

No one can explain how the notes of a Mozart melody, or the folds of a piece of Titian's drapery, produce their essential effects. If you do not feel it, no one can by reasoning make you feel it.