Work is pushing matter around. Politics is pushing people around.
An atheist is as religious as a theist.
The world can never be in the state of right order, strong government, and good influence unless London is truly and literally established as its capital.
The world exists to let Man philosophize.
The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is forgiveness.
The worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be a solipsist.
An idealistic lover is a blind lover, and therefore a true lover; a pragmatic lover is a sighted lover, and therefore a false lover.
An expenditure of words without income of ideas will lead to intellectual bankruptcy.
I view all art as an effort to translate brain concepts into a work. These brain concepts are synthetic ones - the result of many experiences. But a single work of art, or even a series of works, more often than not cannot translate these synthetic concepts adequately. Yves Saint Laurent once said that he suffered greatly when creating. He is not alone in that. Most artists do the same and say as much.
When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questions.
And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are; nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were.