Soul Quotes - Page 204

Alas! while the body stands so broad and brawny, must the soul lie blinded, dwarfed, stupefied, almost annihilated? Alas! this was, too, a breath of God, bestowed in heaven, but on earth never to be unfolded!

The choking, sweltering, deadly, and killing rule of no rule; the consecration of cupidity and braying of folly, and dim stupidity and baseness, in most of the affairs of men. Slopshirts attainable three-halfpence cheaper by the ruin of living bodies and immortal souls.

The universe is but one vast Symbol of God.

Intellect is the soul of man, the only immortal part of him.

No one should approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer.

The dark in soul see in the universe their own shadow; the shattered spirit can only reflect external beauty in form as untrue and broken as itself.

The servants of God...whether provoked by word or work, by keeping themselves tranquil and peaceful, evince a perfect nobleness of soul.

Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because it is not in a sensitive potency in which are all passions. Nor is it a habit, because a habit is removed with difficulty; charity, however, is easily lost through one act of mortal sin. Therefore charity is not something created in the soul.

The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.

A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular.

God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.

Should we say the self, once perceived, becomes the soul?

The miser, starving his brother's body, starves also his own soul, and at death shall creep out of his great estate of injustice, poor and naked and miserable

The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul.

The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God's fair bride; and maiden's souls are such.

What is evolution if not creative adaptation and the progression of our own souls?

I commend my soul to any god that can find it.

I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.

What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?

If we do not use great care to mortify our will, there are many things which can deprives us of the holy freedom of spirit that we are seeking in order to fly more freely to our Creator, without always being bogged down with the clay of this earth. Moreover, there can never be solid virtue in a soul that is attached to its own will.

Our soul can find in the Blessed Sacrament all the joys and consolations it desires.

In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.

You've always been my best friend, my soul mate, and now I've fallen in love with you too. Why is that such a crime?

When the Stranger says: "What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?" What will you answer? "We all dwell together To make money from each other"? or "This is a community"? Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.

The soul of Man must quicken to creation.