Lafcadio Hearn Quotes
Top 17 wise famous quotes and sayings by Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn Famous Quotes & Sayings
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In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand - or at least to learn to understand - the beauty of stone.
Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
How sweet Japanese woman is! All the possibilities of the race for goodness seem to be concentrated in her.
Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was.
A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.
It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.
The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.
Perhaps, after trillions of ages burning in different dynasties of suns, the very best of me may come together again.
Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: Well, who are the best people to live with?