But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is inf… - Honoré de Balzac

Science is the language of the Temporal world, Love is that of the Spiritual world. Thus man takes note of more than he is able to explain, while the Angelic Spirit sees and comprehends. Science depresses man; Love exalts the Angel. Science is still seeking, Love has found. Man judges Nature according to his own relations to her; the Angelic Spirit judges it in its relation to Heaven. In short, all things have a voice for the Spirit.

Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together. An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.