The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.
When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.
Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived.
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.
Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving.
Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork - reading, writing, thinking - can.
Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.
There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.
I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
All the great religions have a place for awe, for ecstatic transport at the wonder and beauty of creation.
In Divine unity and the affirmation of it, Divine beauty and dominical perfection become apparent. If there was no unity, that pre-eternal treasury would remain hidden.
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things.
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
