“The voice of God whispers in the heart So softly That the soul pauses, Making no noise, And strives for these melodies, Distant, sighing, like faintest breath, And all the being is still to hear.” HeartStillsSoulVoiceBreathsStriveNoiseMelodyPausesStrifeVoice Of God Book:War Is Kind and Other Poems Source: War Is Kind and Other Poems
“Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.” HeartMeanSoulSometimesBodyRememberSpiritSpiritualitySecretDrawsStriveFleshSensesStrife Author:Al-Ghazali
“The mind, the soul, becomes ennobled by the endeavour to create something perfect, for God is perfection, and whoever strives after perfection is striving for something devine.” MindSoulPerfectPerfectionStriveStrifeEndeavour Author:Michelangelo
“No, no! The energy of life may be Kept on after the grave, but not begun; And he who flagg'd not in the earthly strife, From strength to strength advancing--only he His soul well-knit, and all his battles won, Mounts, and that hardly, to eternal life.” WellsMaySoulEnergyBattleEternalGravesImmortalityStrifeEternal LifeAdvancingEnergy Of Life Book:Poems Source: Poems
“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
“Unless our souls had root in soil divine We could not bear earth's overwhelming strife. The fiercest pain that racks this heart of mine, Convinces me of everlasting life.” HeartSoulEarthPainMinesDivineBearsRootsSoilConvinceOverwhelmingStrifeEverlastingRacksEverlasting Life Author:Stefan Zweig