“With us the inner nature accords with the outer expectation. The body follows the mind, and the mind seeks the soul, which it strives toward but has not yet won. With you it is otherwise. The mind follows the body in pursuit of the soul you have been told you already have. Because you cannot find it, you assume you have lost it somewhere in your past, and this keeps you from achieving it in your future.” MindHas BeensSoulBodyPastLostAchieveExpectationsAssumingStrivePursuitOur FutureOur PastStrifeYour FutureYour PastAccord Author:Sheri S. Tepper
“Let me rejoice in the light which Thou hast imparted; let me serve Thee with active zeal, humbled confidence, and wait with patient expectation for the time in which the soul which Thou receivest shall be satisfied with knowledge.” SoulLightWaitingExpectationsLet MePatientActiveSatisfiedTheeRejoiceZeal Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay
“This gathered worship, as Quakers call it, is not only absence of noise. Gathered worship springs from the reverent, silent expectation that God will come among the people. The silence deepens as we feel ourselves drawn beautifully to God and each other. Our hearts and souls burst with thanksgiving-a thanksgiving best expressed by silence. Silence growing from awe is the natural human response to hints of the Divine.” PeopleFeelsHumansHeartSoulNaturalSilenceGrowingDivineWorshipSpringExpectationsSilentResponseAbsenceGods WillNoiseAweHintsHeart And SoulQuaker Author:J. Brent Bill
“With every one, the expectation of a misfortune constitutes a dreadful, punishment. Suffering then assumes the proportions of the unknown, which is the soul's infinite.” SoulSufferingExpectationsInfiniteAssumingPunishmentProportionMisfortunesAnticipation Author:Honore de Balzac
“I must confess, as the experience of my own soul, that the expectation of loving my friends in heaven principally kindles my love to them while on earth.” SoulEarthHeavenMy OwnExpectationsMy FriendsKindles Book:Converse with God in Solitude, etc Source: Converse with God in Solitude, etc