“A passing of one race into another, but entirely new and perfect creations”

Which the ever-youthful productivity of nature sends forth from the invisible realm of Hades.

It burns in every nook and cranny of the ethnological world, burning

Bright, brightly, in the fullest blaze, and it burns all around, huge fire!

And no one lifts a hand.

A most burning question of time, though.

What we see in history is not a transformation

Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there’s no one else to turn to

No wonder they mobilize all their energy to have more or most. Or better still, all.

The triumphal-procession-air which, in our manners and customs, is given to marriage at the outset – that singing of Te Deum before the battle has begun.

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.

This is precisely different from the childish but common religious notion that even when you are alone there is always Someone Else present

Yelling and screaming won’t really get what I want from my kids.

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

I have to be a calmer person, because my anger can look pretty terrifying to a young person.