“The chaste severity of the fathers in whatever related to the commerce of the two sexes flowed from the same principle -- their abhorrence of every enjoyment which might gratify the sensual and degrade the spiritual nature of man. It was their favourite opinion, that if Adam had preserved his obedience to the Creator, he would have lived for ever in a state of virgin purity, and that some harmless mode of vegetation might have peopled paradise with a race of innocent and immortal beings.” IfsMenTwoStatesMightSpiritualFatherSexRaceOpinionPrinciplesHistoryCreatorInnocentSensualObedienceRelatedEnjoymentParadisePurityImmortalAdamFavouriteCommerceVirginsRoman EmpireDegradeNature Of ManChasteSeverityE CommerceAbhorrenceSpiritual NatureVegetation Book:History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V1: the History Focus Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire V1: the History Focus
“The ultimate design of the Mysteries ... was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, ... a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good.” SpiritualPerfectPrinciplesMysteryDesignIntellectualUltimateEnjoyment Author:Plato
“I write songs for myself, songs come out of me, I get enjoyment out of it. Basically, that's it - I get enjoyment out of my songs, I know they're good songs, and know that the people around me who I respect are all getting up on these tunes, and the feedback is really good, so that's it. There are people who will receive them, and don't receive them. Not in a spiritual sense, but in a commercial sense - do these songs treat people, and so far they're working.” PeopleKnowsWritingSpiritualSongTreatsEnjoymentTunesFeedback Author:Creed Bratton