Poetry should be vital--either stirring our blood by its divine movements or snatching our breath by its divine perfection. To do both is supreme glory, to do either is enduring fame.

[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."

Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.

Libraries are not made, they grow.

There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

It is the Mass that matters.

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

By saying ‘this is wrong’, one is selling (wasting away) an invaluable human life!

Grammarians make no new thoughts, but thoughts make new grammar.

Your view on the world is validated and verified daily. How is your view on the world working for you?

all the science of flying has been captured in the breadth of an instrument board, but not the religion of it.

I see you finally got a number to match your IQ.

You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

The Light of the Christ within now wipes out all fear, doubt, anger and resentment. God's love pours through me, an irresistible magnetic current. I see only perfection and draw to me my own.

All our ignorance brings us closer to death.

LEARN FROM FAILURE. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club.

There is no photograph more inherently photographic than another.