“The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their joy, not in the sweet breath of Apollo, but in the smell of the crowd. And not in mind: Do not be taken in by what are miracles to the populace, for the ignorant do not rise above marveling. Thus the stupidity of a crowd is lost in admiration, even as the brain of an individual uncovers the trick.” MindJoyIndividualLostBrainTakenSweetMiracleBreathsSatisfactionCrowdsSmellStupidityTricksIgnorantAdmirationPopularityMultitudesRise AboveApolloDiscerningMarveling Author:Baltasar Gracian
“Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.” ReligionAtheismCrazySweetCapacityMiracleMadAtheistAnti ReligiousFunny AtheistMother Night Book:Mother Night: A Novel Source: Mother Night: A Novel
“I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be. Lucky you, lucky me.” TreeSweetLuckyMiracleChristmasManageAbsurdityVerbsToastsLucky YouChristmas Tree Book:The Ways We Touch: Poems Source: The Ways We Touch: Poems
“Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.” GivingYearsGrowsLove IsSweetFlowerBlessingFairsMiracleWinterSnowSoilAutumnFrostBloomingWinter SnowUndaunted Book:Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)