“Perhaps the heroic element in our natures is exhibited to the best advantage, not in going from success to success, and so on through a series of triumphs, but in gathering, on the very field of defeat itself, the materials for renewed efforts, and in proceeding, with no abatement of heart or energy, to form fresh designs upon the very ruins and ashes of blasted hopes. Yes, it is this indomitable persistence in a purpose, continued alike through defeat and success, that makes, more than aught else, the hero.” HeartFormPurposeEnergyEffortDesignFieldsMaterialsHeroElementsAdvantageSeriesDefeatRuinsTriumphPersistenceHeroicAshesGatheringProceedingIndomitable Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“Faith exalts the human heart, by removing it from the market-place, making it sacred and unexchangeable. Under the jurisdiction of religion our deeper feelings are sacralized, so as to become raw material for the ethical life: the life lived in judgement.” HumansHeartFeelingsMaterialsSacredDeeperJudgementEthicalHuman HeartRaw MaterialsJurisdiction Book:Modern Culture Source: Modern Culture
“The love for material things grows like a fungus in the soul and destroys the loveliness of the human heart utterly.” HumansHeartSoulGrowsMaterialsGreedHuman HeartLovelinessMaterial ThingsFungi Author:Caryll Houselander