"No one should think he can quickly dispose of questions posed here offhandedly. It was precisely because writers were in the habit during the time of the Reformation of theologizing with a hammer that the split in the Church became irreparable. And to work at overcoming this split means much effort. Only the patient need apply."

-- Hans Urs von Balthasar

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Effort Quotes

“It makes you all look like Dracula's daughters!”
“Don't wear fur! Did you know, a single fur coat takes fifteen trees, just for the protest signs?”
“I love the love of those who are far enough away, it becomes whatever I wish to believe it.”

Source : Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.63, New Victoria Publishers
“Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.”
“We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.”
“My books come to me in images, and sometimes the image is at the beginning of the book, and sometimes it's simply a flash somewhere in the middle.”
“Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.”
“The most affluent man is he that confronts all the shows he sees by equivalents out of the stronger wealth of himself.”

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