“Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard man, who was a great scholar, say that he'll dance ye a hornpipe upon the point of a needle.” MenLittlesSpiritHeardLittle ThingsScholarNeedles Book:A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. IV. Source: A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. IV.
“There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter - loving spirit that defies analysis by the philosopher, which has nothing rigid or mechanical in it, and totally without social significance. Bubbling spontaneously from the heart of child or man. Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.” MenLifeHeartChildrenFeelingsFormSpiritSocialVoiceHeardChildhoodExpressionSpringLaughterPhilosopherUpliftingAnalysisSignificanceEgotismMerry Author:William Osler
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone. Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!” PlaySpiritSongWinningGoalHeardTreeYouthSweetLoversKissingFairsEarsSensualBlissGrievingToneMelodyFadesPipeUnheardOld Love Author:John Keats
“The people of your world became so stupid and rude that my companions and I no longer enjoyed teaching them. You must surely have heard of us: we were called oracles, nymphs, spirits, fairies, household gods, lemures, larvas, lamias, sprites, water-nymphs, incubi, shades, spirits of the dead, specters and ghosts.” PeopleWorldSpiritWaterHeardTeachingStupidGhostEnjoyedFairyCompanionShadeHouseholdRudeOraclesNymphs Author:Cyrano de Bergerac
“When a warrior has put an end to his routines, when he doesn't care anymore whether he has company or is alone, because he has heard the silent whisper of the spirit; then you can say that, truly, he has died. From that point on, even the simplest things in life become extraordinary for him.” EndsCareSpiritCompanyHeardDiedSilentExtraordinaryWarriorThings In LifeSimplestHe Doesn't Care Author:Carlos Castaneda
“If the religious spirit be ever mentioned in any historical narration, we are sure to meet afterwards with a detail of the miseries which attend it. And no period of time can be happier or more prosperous, than those in which it is never regarded or heard of.” IfsSpiritReligionReligiousHeardPeriodsMiseryHistoricalDetailsProsperousNarration Book:Dialogues and Natural History of Religion Source: Dialogues and Natural History of Religion