“Wilderness is a necessity ... They will see what I meant in time. There must be places for human beings to satisfy their souls. Food and drink is not all. There is the spiritual. In some it is only a germ, of course, but the germ will grow.” HumansSoulSpiritualCoursesGrowsHuman BeingsDrinkWildernessGermsFood And DrinkFood For The Soul Author:John Muir
“Christ pitied because He loved, because He saw through all the wretchedness, and darkness, and bondage of evil; that there was in every human soul a possibility of repentance, of restoration; a germ of good, which, however stifled and overlaid, yet was capable of recovery, of health, of freedom, of perfection.” HumansSoulEvilChristDarknessSawsPossibilityCapablePerfectionRecoveryRepentanceBondageHuman SoulRestorationGermsWretchedness Author:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
“The germs of all truth lie in the soul, and when the ripe moment comes, the truth within answers to the fact without as the flower responds to the sun, giving it form for heat and color for light.” GivingSoulMomentsFactsLightTruthFormLyingAnswersSunColorFlowerHeatRipeGerms Book:Essays in Literary Interpretation Source: Essays in Literary Interpretation