“It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.” BelieveSoulPoliticsBeliefGrowsMy OwnFleshFirmProportionFirm Beliefs Book:Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace
“My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state; that it is one of those curses cast upon man either by his fall, or by the obduracy of his own perversity.” MenHumansStatesMotherPurposeFallBeliefAnimalCastsConvincedFleshFirmCurseFeedingVegetarianismShamefulInfirmityPerversityFirm Beliefs Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“my belief in the sacrament of the Eucharist is simple: without touch, God is a monologue, an idea, a philosophy; he must touch and be touched, the tongue on flesh, and that touch is the result of the monologues, the idea, the philosophies which led to faith; but in the instant of the touch there is no place for thinking, for talking; the silent touch affirms all that, and goes deeper: it affirms the mysteries of love and mortality.” ThinkingIdeasPhilosophyBeliefSimpleResultsTalkingMysterySilentDeeperTongueFleshInstantTouchedMortalitySacramentsEucharistMonologuesMystery Of Love Book:Broken Vessels: Essays Source: Broken Vessels: Essays