“Where two or three are met together, the prayer of one strikes fire from the soul of another; and the latter in his turn leads the way to nobler heights of devotion. And lo! as their joy increases, there is One in their midst whom they all recognize and cling to. He was there before, but it is only when their hearts begin to burn that they recognize Him; and in a true sense they may be said to bring Him there.” WayHeartMaySaidTwoSoulTogetherJoyTurnsThreePrayerFireMetsIncreaseStrikesDevotionHeightLatterMidst Author:James Stalker
“The air of fashion, which many young people are so eager to attain, always strikes me like the studied attitudes of some modern prints, copied with tasteless servility after the antigue; the soul is left out, and none of the parts are tied together by what may properly be termed character.” PeopleMaySoulCharacterTogetherYoungLeftAttitudeAirModernFashionStrikesPrintTiedLeft OutServility Author:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
“These wickets of the soul are plac'd so high, Because all sounds do highly move aloft; And that they may not pierce too violently, They are delay'd with turns and twinings oft. For should the voice directly strike the brain, It would astonish and confuse it much; Therefore these plaits and folds the sound restrain. That it the organ may more gently touch.” ShouldMaySoulMovingTurnsSoundVoiceBrainHearingStrikesOrgansDelayFoldsPiercePlaits Author:Sir John Davies
“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
“Death did not first strike Adam, the first sinful man, nor Cain, the first hypocrite, but Abel, the innocent and righteous. The first soul that met with death, overcame death; the first soul that parted from earth went to heaven. Death argues not displeasure, because he whom God loved best dies first, and the murderer is punished with living.” MenFirstsSoulEarthDeathDiesHeavenMetsStrikesArguingInnocentGod LoveAdamRighteousMurdererHypocriteCainDispleasureAbel Book:Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings Source: Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings