You move us to delight in praising You; for You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.
-
-
Augustine on Truth
Let every good and true Christian understand that wherever truth may be found, it belongs to his Master.
-
Buechner on Teaching
To teach a class, whether you do it well or badly, is to achieve fifty minutes of self-forgetfulness. More even than the long summer vacations, it is the principle side-benefit that the profession offers.
-
Hugh of St. Victor Not Knowing vs. Not Wishing to Know
Not knowing and not wishing to know are far different things. Not knowing, to be sure, springs from weakness; but contempt of knowledge springs from a wicked will.
-
Ephraim Chambers On Taste and Judgment
To have a taste, is to give things their real value, to be touched with the good, to be shocked with the ill; not to be dazzled with false lustres, but in spite of all colours, and everything that might deceive or amuse, to judge soundly.