The Mind Knows Only What Lies Near

Sooner Or Later, If The Activity Of The Mind Is Restricted Anywhere It Will Cease To Function Even Where It Is Allowed To Be Free.

The Modern Minds In Each Generation Are The Critics Who Preserve Us From A Petrifying World, Who Will Not Leave Us To Walk Undisturbed In The Ways Of Our Fathers.

A Word Is No Light Matter. Words Have With Truth Been Called Fossil Poetry, Each, That Is, A Symbol Of A Creative Thought.

The Temper Of Mind That Sees Tragedy In Life Has Not For Its Opposite The Temper That Sees Joy. The Opposite Pole To The Tragic View Of Life Is The Sordid View.

When We Speak Of Beauty, We're Speaking Of Something We're More Or Less Indifferent To.