“Carnal reason is an enemy to faith: it is ever crossing and contradicting it. It will never be well with thee, Christian, so long as thou art swayed by carnal reason, and you rely more upon thy five senses, than upon the four Evangelists. As the body lives by breathing, so the soul lives by believing.” BelieveWellsLongArtSoulReasonBodyChristianEnemyFiveFourSensesTheeBreathingRelyLive ByCrossingsContradictingEvangelistsFive SensesSoul Life Author:Thomas Brooks
“It is certain that there is no other passion which does produce such contrary effects in so great a degree. But this may be said for love, that if you strike it out of the soul, life would be insipid, and our being but half animated.” IfsLoveMayDoeSaidSoulWould BeCertainPassionHalfEffectsProduceDegreesStrikesContraryAnimatedInsipidSoul Life Book:Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste Source: Essays, Moral and Humorous: Also Essays on Imagination and Taste
“Along with the differences that abide in each of us, there is also in each of us a maverick, the darling stubborn one who won't listen, who insists, who chooses preference or the spirited guess over yardsticks or even history. I suspect this maverick is somewhat what the soul is, or at least that the soul lives close by and companionably with its agitating and inquiring force.” SoulForceDifferencesSuspectsStubbornPreferenceDarlingSpiritedInquiringMaverickYardsticksSoul Life Book:Long Life: Essays and Other Writings Source: Long Life: Essays and Other Writings