Benjamin Gietzen

“Nothing is good but mediocrity. The majority has settled that, and finds fault with him who escapes it at whichever end.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“In my end is my beginning.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

“Don't instill, or allow anybody else to instill into the hearts of your girls the idea that marriage is the chief end of life. If you do, don't be surprised if they get engaged to the first empty, useless fool they come across.”
― William Booth

“Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”
― Immanuel Kant