May it please Heaven that his example shall continue to serve as a beacon to our Republics in their darkest moments of doubt and adversity. – Jorge Ubico
You could compile, I should think, the worst book in the world entirely out of selecting passages from the best writers in the world. – G.K. Chesterton, “On Writing Badly”
One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation gave repose to the brain, allowed it a vacation. – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience
For people who are really talented, what you dont say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop. – Itzhak Perlman
