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“I think continually of those who were truly great . Who, from the womb, remembered the soul 's history Through corridors of light where the hours are suns , Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition Was that their lips, still touched with fire , Should tell of the spirit clothed from head to foot in song .”

Thinking Should Stills Soul Light Spirit Song Hours Sun Fire Feet Ambition Singing Lips Lovely Endless Remembered Touched Womb Corridors

Book:Selected Poems of Stephen Spender

Source: Selected Poems of Stephen Spender

“Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions. It sanctified, quite like Mohammedism, extermination and tyranny. All this would have been impossible if, like Buddhism, it had looked only for peace and the liberation of souls. It looked beyond; it dreamt of infinite blisses and crowns it should be crowned with before an electrified universe and an applauding God... Buddhism had tried to quiet a sick world with anesthetics; Christianity sought to purge it with fire.”

“Ambition is a devouring fire, who can poise it? It is a wind, who can fathom it? It is an abyss, who is able to recount the sources and issues thereof?”

Able Issues Fire Wind Source Ambition Abyss Fathom Poise Devouring

Author:Nicolas Caussin

“How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations to the public weal! How few have souls capable of so noble an undertaking!”

Soul Difficult Fire Sacrifice Pride Ambition Capable Expectations Tasks Noble Undertakings Quench Hopes And Expectations

Book:Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams

Source: Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams

“Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined; A sickly flame, which if not fed expires; And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires.”

Ifs Mind Self Fire Waste Ambition Flames Feds Feeding Consuming Frailty

Author:William Congreve

“Ambition is the great fire, it's the liberator of the unconscious person. No goals, no growth; no clarity, no change.”

Persons Goal Growth Fire Ambition Clarity Unconscious Liberators

Author:Brendon Burchard

“You shouldn't do that," said Laura. "You could set yourself on fire.”

Said Fire Ambition Laura

Book:The Blind Assassin: A Novel

Source: The Blind Assassin: A Novel