"The aim of the painting is that the eye should find out what it likes."

“As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence. I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind, that his image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is very soothing and consoling! I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.”

“The settled man can cope with love and hate from others, but never with their indifference.”

“There is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is saved.”

Source : Francis I, to his mother. Written in the Letter of safe conduct given to the Viceroy of Naples for the Commander Penalosa the morning after Pavia in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 372-375), 1922.

“it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things.”

Source : Mary Martha Sherwood (1835). “The history of Henry Milner”, p.273

“Worship comes from a thankful heart.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 28, 2016

“I think, collectively, we should be paying more attention to what is going on around us in the world among people who dont have the advantages that we have.”

Source : “What is your counsel?” by Anthony S. Fauci, bigthink.com.

“Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States.”

“Fitness is a journey, not a destination; you must continue for the rest of your life.”