John Garrett

“History is so indifferently rich that a case for almost any conclusion from it can be made by a selection of instances.”
― Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History

“I see the past as it actually was," Maeve said. She was looking at the trees.

"But we overlay the present onto the past. We look back through the lens of what we know now, so we're not seeing it as the people we were, we're seeing it as the people we are, and that means the past has been radically altered.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House

“O große Lieb, o Lieb ohn alle Maße,
Die dich gebracht auf diese Marterstraße!
Ich lebte mit der Welt in Lust und Freuden,
Und du mußt leiden.

O great love, o love beyond measure,
that brought You to this path of martyrdom!
I lived with the world in delight and joy,
and You had to suffer.

BWV 245 - "Johannes-Passion"
Oratorio for Good Friday, 3. Chorale.”
― Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)

“Theirs is beauty's fairest pleasure;
Theirs is wisdom's holiest treasure.
Thou dost ever lead Thine own
In the love of joys unknown.”
― Johann Sebastian Bach