“Books are never harmless...they either strengthen us or they weaken us in our faith. Some of them do this even as they entertain us, others as they teach us. In an invisible way their teaching penetrates into our hearts and souls, to continue its work inside, and we inhale the spirit of these books as healing or poisonous vapors. They can bring the greatest benefits and the greatest ruin, for from their ideas that they spread come the deeds of the future.” WayHeartBookIdeasSoulSpiritHealingTeachTeachingBenefitsDeedsSpreadInvisibleRuinsPenetrateHeart And SoulPoisonousInhaleVapor Author:Peter Prange
“The sun penetrates crystal and makes it more dazzling. In the same way, the sanctifying Spirit indwells in souls and makes them more radiant. They become like so many powerhouses beaming grace and love around them.” WaySoulInspirationSpiritFaithSunGraceAnd LoveChristian InspirationalPenetrateCrystalsRadiantDazzlingGrace And Love Author:Saint Basil
“Everywhere the fatal spirit of imitation, of reference to European standards, penetrates and threatens to blight whatever of original growth might adorn the soil.” MightSpiritGrowthStandardsOriginalsSoilImitationPenetrateBlight Book:Woman in the 19th century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition, and duties of woman Source: Woman in the 19th century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition, and duties of woman
“All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts.” PeopleMenHumansFactsSpiritIndividualTermCommunityTeamLandEventsTaughtMembersIntellectualEthicsConceptsHistoricalEnterpriseInterpretationInteractionPenetratePremisesEcologicalIntellectual LifeHistorical Events Author:Aldo Leopold
“That the mere matter of a poem, for instance--its subject, its given incidents or situation; that the mere matter of a picture--the actual circumstances of an event, the actual topography of a landscape--should be nothing without the form, the spirit of the handling, that this form, this mode of handling, should become an end in itself, should penetrate every part of the matter;Mthis is what all art constantly strives after, and achieves in different degrees.” ShouldArtDifferentEndsMatterFormSpiritPoetryGivenSituationAchieveSubjectsEventsPoetCircumstancesDegreesUnityMereStriveInstanceLandscapeStrifePenetrateIncidentsTopography Author:Walter Pater