Franklin on God’s Sovereignty
“I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the
“I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the
“An act of forgiveness releases the power of a nuclear bomb.” ~Father Carlo Martins, Catholic priest and exorcist with the Companions of the Cross, author
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:Its loveliness increases; it will neverPass into nothingness; but still will keepA bower quiet for us, and
“No! Let there be no critics! They are not a ‘necessary evil,’ but an evil quite unnecessary, though an evil, certainly.” ~James McNeill Whistler, American
“I hold that none but an artist can be a competent critic.” ~ James McNeill Whistler, American painter and printmaker and leading champion of the
“I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was, never will be—in a light better than any light ever shone—in
“…painting is so closely akin to music that the colors of the one may and should be used, like the ordered sounds of the other,
“There is nothing wrong with the love of beauty. But beauty—unless she is wed to something more meaningful—is always superficial.” ~Donna Tartt, author, in the
“The art of drawing, which is of more real importance to the human race than that of writing and should be taught to every child
“A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in one’s life. There