#lit

In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul. ↗

— Edward Bach

#between #christ #civilization #example #glorious

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim. ↗

— Richard Bach

#fault #never #our #responsibility #take

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection. ↗

— Richard Bach

#burns #fire #jonathan #little #lives

America gets rock stars a little more than Canada does. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#canada #does #gets #little #more

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#american #american music #band #because #got

Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability. ↗

— Amitabh Bachchan

#actor #adjectives #always #best #doing

The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here. ↗

— John Bachman

#army #carolinas #frequently #government #here

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#books #imagination #literary #lover #object

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#delighted #either #god #solitude #whosoever

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#die #infant #little #natural #other