“I don't think you should write something as long as a novel around anything that is not of the gravest concern to you and everybody else and for me this is always the conflict between an attraction for the Holy and the disbelief in it that we breathe in with the air of the times.” ThinkingShouldWritingLongNovelAirHolyConflictConcernBreatheAttractionDisbelief Author:Flannery O'Connor
“You who love wild passions, flee the holy austerity of my pleasures. All here breathes of God, peace and truth.” PassionLiteraturePleasureHolyTragedyBreatheHolinessAusterityWild Passion Author:Jean Racine
“Don't consider me too demanding if I ask you once again to set great store by holy books and read them as much as you can. This spiritual reading is as necessary to you as the air you breathe.” IfsBookSpiritualReadingAsksAirHolyBreatheStoresHoly BooksSpiritual Reading Author:Pio of Pietrelcina
“Everything that breathes, breathes by air and cannot live without air; similarly all reasonable free creatures live by the Holy Spirit, as though by air, and cannot live without Him. "Every soul is quickened by the Holy Spirit." Recognise that the Holy Spirit stands in the same relation to your soul as air stands in relation to your body.” SoulBodySpiritAirHolyCreaturesRelationBreatheYour BodyYour SoulHoly SpiritReasonableLive ByRecognise Author:John of Kronstadt
“How entirely does the Upanishad breathe throughout the holy spirit of the Vedas! How is every one who by a diligent study of its Persian Latin has become familiar with that incomparable book stirred by that spirit to the very depth of his Soul !” DoeBookSoulSpiritStudyHolyDepthBreatheFamiliarHoly SpiritLatinDiligentPersianIncomparableVedas Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trails its wreath; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure; But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air; And I must think, do all I can That there was pleasure there. If this belief from heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man?” IfsThinkingMenMadeI CanReasonBeliefHeavenEnjoyPleasurePlansAirFansFlowerHolySpringBirdGreenSpreadBreatheMade ItThrillTrailsLamentTwigsWreathsBreezyPeriwinkle Author:William Wordsworth