There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

He wants to enslave you.' 'I shudder at the thought of being free.

How does one cure the soul? Through the senses

The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.

Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.