“Compromise is necessary so long as you never give up who you are. That isn't compromise; that's spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.” GivingLongSpiritualGiving UpWho You AreCompromiseNever Giving UpTrue To YourselfSpiritual Death Author:Charles de Lint
“There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization. Five social diseases surround them, even in early childhood. There is the decline in fitness due to modern methods of locomotion; the decline in initiative due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis; the decline in care and skill due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship; the decline in self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of tranquilizers and stimulants, and the decline in compassion, which William Temple called "spiritual death.” SelfCareTodaySpiritualYoungCertainSocialCompassionDoubtFiveModernChildhoodEffectsDisciplineCivilizationSkillsDiseaseTraditionMethodDuesNo DoubtTemplesSurroundDeclineProtectedInitiativeInherentSelf DisciplinePresent DayPoisonousAvailabilityEarly ChildhoodCraftsmanshipStimulantsSpiritual Death Author:Kurt Hahn
“I do have commitment phobia, which I think is underlied by death anxiety. I feel that if you are in a relationship, there is a real genuine possibility of plateauing, and there is a possibility for a creative, emotional and spiritual death because of it. Only part of me feels this way, but it's enough to create an anxiety which makes me think twice before committing.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsRealEnoughSpiritualCreativePossibilityEmotionalAnxietyCommitmentGenuineThink TwicePhobiaSpiritual Death Author:Alex Karpovsky
“After death the soul possesses self-consciousness, otherwise, it would be the subject of spiritual death, which has already been disproved. With this self-consciousness necessarily remains personality and the consciousness of personal identity.” SoulSelfWould BeSpiritualConsciousnessSubjectsIdentityPersonalityRemainsAfter DeathSelf ConsciousnessPersonal IdentitySpiritual Death Book:Delphi Collected Works of Immanuel Kant (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of Immanuel Kant (Illustrated)