The Speech of Angels

Music is well said to be the speech of Angels.

Thomas Carlyle

Divine Justice Is A Fortress

Divine Justice is an unassailable fortress,
built on the brow of a mountain,
which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents,
nor demolished by the force of armies.

Joseph Addison

The Time Which We Have At Our Disposal

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic.
The passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it,
and habit fills up what remains.

Marcel Proust

The Artist Alone See Spirits

The artist alone sees spirits.
But after he has told of their appearing to him,
everybody sees them.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To Attain Any Assured Knowledge

To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is
one of the most difficult things in the world.
Aristotle

Nothing Is Ever Enough

Nothing is enough for the man whom enough is too little.

Epicurus

Magic Is Believing In Yourself

Magic is believing in yourself,
if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

If We Unlock Our Reflections

If we unlock the reflections of our far past,
we can peer in and see ourselves,
busily occupied with beginning to become what we are today.

Bren Parks

If We May Never See An Elephant

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren
may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

David Attenborough

Pleasure Is Seldom Found

Pleasure is seldom found where it is sought.
Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled
by unexpected sparks.

Samuel Johnson

Vain Is The Word Of a Philosopher

Vain is the word of a philosopher that
does not heal the suffering of humankind.

For just as there is no profit in medicine that
does not expel diseases of the body,
so there is no profit in philosophy either if
it does not expel suffering of the heart and mind.

Epicurus