“Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence.” SpiritWatchesClearEvidenceConstantAll TimeFirmPropositions Book:The Improvement of the Mind Source: The Improvement of the Mind
“It is ironic to watch the churches, including large sections of my own religion, surrendering to the spirit of modernity at the very moment when modernity itself is undergoing a kind of spiritual collapse.” KindMomentsSpiritualSpiritChurchMy OwnWatchesIncludingIronicCollapseSectionsModernity Book:Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea Source: Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea
“There are spirits in Hawaii. They're very protective and very good and they watch over these islands. I must confess, they're not entirely happy with what they see, with the way the civilization is moving. But they're patient. They've been here for a long time, and they'll be here long after the human beings have ceased to inhabit the islands.” WayHumansLongMovingSpiritHuman BeingsWatchesBuddhismCivilizationLong TimePatientVery GoodIslandsHawaiiProtective Author:Frederick Lenz
“I watch a lot of different films. A lot of different performances and I find a lot of little things from the films or things that actors do or people in real life who have behaviors or idiosyncrasies that I like or find interesting and I try to remember that. And then I'll do a prayer. I'll do a prayer to ask the character or the spirit of the character to come and visit me. And let's work together.” PeopleTryingLittlesDifferentRealCharacterTogetherRememberFilmSpiritActorsAsksPrayerInterestingWatchesBehaviorPerformancesReal LifeWorking TogetherLittle ThingsIdiosyncrasies Author:Wesley Snipes
“To be left alone in the wide world with scarcely a friend,--this makes the sadness which, striking its pang into the minds of the young and the affectionate, teaches them too soon to watch and interpret the spirit-signs of their own hearts.” WorldMindHeartYoungSpiritLeftWatchesTeachSadnessWideLeft AloneAffectionate Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne