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Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves,
As souls only understand souls.
Leaves of Grass
My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.
The Book of Disquiet
Whatever is created by the spirit is more alive than matter
In order to prove whether the spirit can speak or not, it is necessary in the first place to define what a voice is and how it is generated
We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul
A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and sweet and communicative (social) and rich and harmless and free from mischief
The only substance properly so called is the soul
Any landscape is a condition of the spirit
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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