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A True Christian Is A Man Who Never For A Moment Forgets What God Has Done For Him In Christ And Whose Whole Comportment And Whose Activity Have Their Root In The Sentiment Of Gratitude.

The Act Of Philosophizing Involves The Character Of The Philosopher.

Since Art Is A Virtue Of The Intellect, It Demands To Communicate With The Entire Universe Of The Intellect. Hence It Is That The Normal Climate Of Art Is Intelligence And Knowledge: Its Normal Soil, The Civilized Heritage Of A Consistent And Integrated System Of Beliefs And Values; Its Normal Horizon , The Infinity Of Human Experience Enlighted By The Passionate Insight Of Anguish Or The Intellectual Virtues Of A Contemplative Mind.

The Only Artist Who Does Not Deserve Respect Is The One Who Works To Please The Public, For Commercial Success Or For Official Success.

Nothing Is More Human Than For Man To Desire Naturally Things Impossible To His Nature. It Is, Indeed, The Property Of A Nature Which Is Not Closed Up In Matter Like The Nature Of Physical Things, But Which Is Intellectual Or Infinitized By The Spirit. It Is The Property Of A Metaphysical Nature. Such Desires Reach For The Infinite, Because The Intellect Thirsts For Being And Being Is Infinite.