It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that ins...pired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I like a church; I like a cowl; I love a prophet of the soul;... And on my heart monastic aisles Fall like sweet strains, or pensive smiles; Yet not for all his faith can see Would I that cowled churchman be.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of mona...stic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The things men come to eat when they are alone are, I suppose, not much stranger than the men themselves.... A writer years ago to...ld me of living for five months on hen mash.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »