Quotes by Lafcadio Hearn

Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away. (Lafcadio Hearn)

Any idealism is a proper subject for art. (Lafcadio Hearn)

As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage. (Lafcadio Hearn)

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. (Lafcadio Hearn)

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.. (Lafcadio Hearn)

But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations. (Lafcadio Hearn)

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved. (Lafcadio Hearn)

Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. (Lafcadio Hearn)

Effects can be produced in Japanese which the Greeks could produce with few syllables, but which the English can not. (Lafcadio Hearn)

For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave ones literary education very incomplete. (Lafcadio Hearn)