“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can peradventure read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity ... we cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access, reassurance.” IfsBookSoulReadingImpossibleProduceReadyComfortMerePassionateAccessDevotionBuyingReachingCherishEcstasyInfinityReassurance Author:A. Edward Newton
“There is a solitude of space. A solitude of sea. A solitude of death, but these societies shall be compared with that profounder site-that polar privacy. A soul admitted to itself--Finite infinity.” SoulSpaceSeaSolitudePrivacyInfinitySiteFinite Book:Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“In the realm of science, all attempts to find any evidence of supernatural beings, of metaphysical concepts, as God, immortality, infinity, etc have thus far failed, and if we are honest, we must confess that in science there exists no God, no immortality, no soul or mind, as distinct from the body.” IfsMindSoulBodyHonestConceptsEvidenceImmortalityRealmsEtcInfinityMetaphysicalSupernatural Beings Author:Charles Proteus Steinmetz
“The sights of infinity can be too strong. They can scorch the soul. It's best to take infinity on a little at a time.” LittlesSoulStrongBuddhismSightInfinity Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displeasure and without offence.” FirstsWellsMeanSoulEarthLastsLiteratureHeavenKnowledgeOur LivesSeaTaughtAll ThingsGuidesBranchesInfinityCharmingModerationObscurityTaught UsLive WellOffenceImmensityMagnanimityFirsts And LastsDispleasureAbove And Below Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero