culture – Parmenidean

A Flower

“He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is…”

– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Whence comes the Innovator’s authority to pick and choose?”
– C. S. Lewis

“Beneath the rule of men entirely great / The pen is mightier than the sword.”

– Richelieu; Or, the Conspiracy II. 2.

“There will be no lack of Christian daring / In this little house of Portugal.”

– The Lusíads VII. 14.

E pluribus unum?

“Grief everywhere, Everywhere terror, and all shapes of death.”
– Aeneid II. 490-491

“Not all those who wander are lost.”

– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?”

– Job 40:20

Why feelings matter more than facts in academia.

“Lord, you gave him great talent, and he used it for your glory. You gave him great suffering, and he accepted it for your blessing…”

– Abbé Fontaine