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April 26, 2007
heart is the only sure guide
You who know that there is always something new, show it to others in the things they hitherto failed to appreciate. Make them feel that they have never before heard the song of the nightingale, or been aware of the vastness of the sea – everything that their gross senses can perceive only when someone else takes the trouble to feel it for them. And do not let language trouble you. If you cultivate your soul it will find the means to express itself. It will invent a language of its own far better than the meter or the pose of this or that great writer.
Cultivate a well-ordered mind, it's your only road to happiness; and to reach it, be orderly in everything, even in the smallest details.
How cold words seem when one tries to describe one's feelings!
That heart is the only sure guide; it has never led me astray where people's feelings for me are concerned.
Nourish yourself with grand and austere ideas of beauty that feed the soul. Seek solitude. If your life is well-ordered your health will not suffer.
At least admire the great virtues, even if you are not strong enough to be truly virtuous yourself!
We have gained science at the cost of grace.
Eugene Delacroix - The Journals
Posted by amin at April 26, 2007 10:40 PM