Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
J. G. Stedman
Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every... →
Edith Stein
It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.
Gertrude Stein
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is... →
John Steinbeck
It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the... →
From my father's point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who... →
Thomas Steinbeck
My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to... →
True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many... →
Stendhal
Our true passions are selfish.
What is really beautiful must always be true.