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My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
But thou shall flourish in immortal youth,
Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,
The wrecks of matter, read more
But thou shall flourish in immortal youth,
Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark
its intentions.
[Lat., Imago animi vultus read more
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark
its intentions.
[Lat., Imago animi vultus est, indices oculi.]
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul? or read more
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his
soul?
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from read more
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.
And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure read more
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.
If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.