Book Review: Parsifal by Richard Wagner as Retold by Oliver Huckel
“If thy heart be pure / The Grail will be to thee as food and drink!” – Gurnemanz
“If thy heart be pure / The Grail will be to thee as food and drink!” – Gurnemanz
“An indomitable pride incessantly leads them to overthrow everything they have not made; and to create anew they separate themselves from the principle of all existence.” – Joseph de Maistre
“Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”
– 1 Peter 2:17
“I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.”
– Luke 15:18-19
“But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such.”
– Matthew 19:14
“But Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious. For passing by, and seeing your idols, I found an altar also, on which was written: To the unknown God.”
– Acts 17:22-23
“People give their heroes life-blood, language, character, geniality, impulse; but heroes, on the other hand, bestow immortal history upon their people.”
– Fr. Juan Echevarria
“Put not your trust in princes: in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.”
– Psalms 145:2-3
“Son, thou must not be turned back, nor presently cast down, when thou hearest what the way of the perfect: but rather be inclined thereby to undertake great things, or at least to sigh after them with an earnest desire.”
– Imitation of Christ Bk. III, Chapter 32