Quote of the day
Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss?
How tasteless then whatever can be given!
Health is the vital principle of bliss,
And exercise, of health.
Jaroslav Pelikan
Born: December 17, 1923
Died: May 13, 2006 (aged 82)
Bio: Jaroslav Jan Pelikan was a scholar of the history of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at Yale.
Known for:
- Bach Among the Theologians (1986)
- The Vindication of Tradition (1984)