"Animals are happy," said the queen. "They run no risk of going to hell." "They are there already," replied Josiana.
The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.
Genius: the superhuman in man.
What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.
The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness.
Science is continually correcting what it has said. Fertile corrections... science is a ladder... poetry is a winged flight... An artistic masterpiece exists for all time... Dante does not efface Homer.