“It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.” BelieveSoulPoliticsBeliefGrowsMy OwnFleshFirmProportionFirm Beliefs Book:Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace
“To seek the greatest good is to live well, and to live well is nothing other than to love God with the whole heart, the whole soul, and the whole mind: It is therefore obvious that this love must be kept whole and uncorrupt, that is temperance; it should not be overcome with difficulties, that is fortitude, it must not be subservient to anything else, that is justice; it must discriminate among things so as not to be deceived by falsity or fraud, that is prudence.” ShouldMindWellsHeartSoulWholeWisdomPoliticsJusticeEconomyOvercomingDifficultyObviousGod LoveLiberalismFraudPrudenceDeceivedFortitudeTemperanceLive WellSubservientFalsity Author:Saint Augustine
“When we invoke the soul we move from the realm of information to the more vital realm of wisdom, the attainment of which is the only true value of learning.” SoulWisdomMovingValuesPoliticsEconomyInformationRealmsLiberalismAttainmentInvokeTrue Value Author:Edmund Fuller
“The Spirit of Justice is the single most important seed Piers planted; if you don't live by its teaching, your chance of salvation is nil. Unless Conscience and the Cardinal Virtues form the food that people live on, just take my word for it, they're utterly lost - every single living soul among them!” PeopleIfsImportantSoulWisdomFormSpiritPoliticsLostJusticeChanceEconomyVirtueTeachingConscienceSalvationSeedsLiberalismLive ByCardinalsPiers Author:William Langland
“How right the working classes are in their "materialism." How right they are to realize that the belly comes before the soul, not in the scale of values but in point of time!” SoulWisdomValuesPoliticsRealizingClassEconomyScalesLiberalismMaterialismWorking ClassBelly Book:Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays Source: Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays
“A democracy flirts with the danger of becoming a slave in direct ratio to the numbers of its citizens who work, but do not own / or who own, but do not work; or who distribute, as politicians do, but do not produce. The danger of the "slave state" disappears in ratio to the numbers of people who own property and admit its attendant responsibilities under God. They can call their souls their own because they own and administer something other than their souls. Thus they are free.” PeopleSoulStatesWisdomPoliticsNumbersResponsibilityEconomyDemocracyDangerProduceBecomingCitizensPoliticianDirectPropertySlaveDisappearLiberalismFlirtingRatios Author:Fulton J. Sheen