“Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point. And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. .... In this cold, irreligious and practical age the warmth of this devotion to art has kept alive many higher aspirations of our soul, which otherwise might readily have died, as they did in the middle of the last century.” HeartArtSoulMightAgeLastsCultureEmotionChristianityAliveInfluenceMiddleCenturyColdHigherBenefitsDiedPracticalsDevotionAspirationMysticismWarmthBarrenIntellectualismIntoxicationDominatingFreezing Book:Lectures on Calvinism Source: Lectures on Calvinism
“Tho' the world could turn from you, This, at least, I learn from you: Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy to be sought, The singer, upward-springing, Is grander than his singing, And tranquil self-sufficing joy illumes the dark of thought. This, at least, you teach me, In a revelation: That gods still snatch, as worthy death, the soul in its aspiration.” WorldStillsSoulSelfJoyTurnsFoundDarkTeachSingingWorthySingersAspirationRevelationsTranquil Book:Undertones Source: Undertones
“Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.” WorldNeedsMaySoulProblemAgeParticularConcernedAspirationRemedyRequirementsCentreAfflictionPresent DayDeliberationBahaBaha I Author:Bahá'u'lláh
“Toronto as a city carries out the idea of Canada as a country. It is a calculated crime against the aspirations of the soul and the affection of the heart.” HeartIdeasSoulCountryCitiesCrimeAffectionAspirationCanadaCarrieToronto Author:Aleister Crowley