“I closed my eyes. The only things I knew about why Empty Ones worked the way we did was that we had room for extra souls because we started out with less, and that we could make gates because of our innately human sense of home. But my home was here. How on earth was I supposed to find another one?The gate needs to be opened and closed before dawn, Cresseda said, a hint of strain flowing through her voice.YES. THANKS FOR THAT. VERY HELPFUL RIGHT NOW.” WayNeedsHumansSaidSoulHomeEyeEarthVoiceRoomsRight NowEmptyThanksDawnExtrasHelpfulGatesStrainHints Author:Kiersten White
“The destruction of the natural beauty, the ecosystems, and the majesty of mountains affect us in ways we're not even aware of. Every time a mountain is beheaded, we chop off a little part of our souls.” WayLittlesSoulNaturalMountainDestructionMajestyEcosystems Author:Gloria Reuben
“I'll plant and water, sow and weed, Till not an inch of earth shows brown, And take a vow of each small seed To grow to greenness and renown: And then some day you'll pass my way, See gold and crimson, bell and star, And catch my garden's soul, and say: "How sweet these cottage gardens are!"” WaySoulShowsEarthStarsGrowsWaterSweetEssentialsGardenGoldPlantSeedsMy WayBrownWeedBellsGardeningInchesVowCottagesCrimsonRenown Author:E. Nesbit
“Listen my love, illumination is eternal. Now is always evolving. As there are billions of stars, there are billions of steps. As there are billions of souls, there are billions of ways to grow.” WayLifeInspirationalSoulStarsGrowsStepsPositiveEternalBillionsEvolveIllumination Author:Rumi
“Growth of the soul is our goal, and there are many ways to encourage that growth, such as through love, nature, healing our wounds, forgiveness, and service. The soul grows well when giving and receiving love. I nourish my soul daily by loving others and being vulnerable to their love. Love is, after all, a verb, an action word, not a noun.” WayGivingWellsSoulActionGrowsGoalGrowthLove IsHealingLove YouWoundsMy SoulVulnerableReceivingVerbsNounsGiving And ReceivingLoving OthersNature LoveReceiving Love Author:Joan Z. Borysenko
“Plant spirit medicine is the shaman’s way with plants. It recognizes that plants have spirit and that spirit is the strongest medicine. Spirit can heal the deepest reaches of the heart and soul.” WayHeartSoulSpiritMedicinePlantHealStrongestHeart And Soul Author:Elliot Cowan
“For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give people access to their own soul.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingSoulAccessTouchingDetachmentCaress Author:Nan Goldin
“When you suppress your true feelings or follow a path that isn’t really yours, you aren’t living your authentic self. Your soul made a plan for this life before you incarnated, and that plan is your true life purpose. Acting in line with your life purpose is one way to live in the light, another step on the path toward expanded consciousness.” WayMadeSoulSelfFeelingsLightPurposeLinesActingConsciousnessStepsPathPlansOne WayThis LifeYour SoulPurpose Of LifeWay To LiveAuthentic SelfTrue LifeTrue Feelings Author:Deborah King
“Love entered in my heart one dayA sad, unwelcome guest.But when it begged that it might stayI let it stay and restIt broke my nights with sorrowingIt filled my heart with fearsAnd, when my soul was prone to sing,It filled my eyes with tears.But...now that it has gone its way,I miss the dear ole pain.And, sometimes, in the night I prayThat Love might come again.” WayHeartSoulSometimesMightEyePainNightGoneMissingTearsMy HeartOne DayFilledDearMy SoulBrokeGuestsUnwelcome Author:J. California Cooper
“This is a jury of your peers. They watch the same TV movies. They belong to Oprah’s Book Club. You can take any monster, slap a bad dad into his past, and all of a sudden he’s just another lost soul, lashing out. And you were the poor lady that got in the way. They’ll argue you lacked compassion. You were the one who took things too far.” WayBookSoulPastLostPoorCompassionWatchesTvsDadClubsArguingMonstersPeersJurySlapLost SoulsBook ClubLashing Out Author:Jeremy Robert Johnson
“The only way forward is in the direction of a common passion, for nothing in the universe can ultimately resist the cumulative ardor of the collective soul.” WaySoulUniversePassionCommonCollectivesCumulativeArdorWay Forward Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God. It is a deposit slip - a way of depositing God's character into our bankrupt souls.” WaySoulCharacterPrayerAskingChecksSlipsRequestDeposits Author:Dutch Sheets
“Where two or three are met together, the prayer of one strikes fire from the soul of another; and the latter in his turn leads the way to nobler heights of devotion. And lo! as their joy increases, there is One in their midst whom they all recognize and cling to. He was there before, but it is only when their hearts begin to burn that they recognize Him; and in a true sense they may be said to bring Him there.” WayHeartMaySaidTwoSoulTogetherJoyTurnsThreePrayerFireMetsIncreaseStrikesDevotionHeightLatterMidst Author:James Stalker
“When I ask the angels for answers to the human mystery, I find they guide me to a sense of peace and comfort in my soul. The angels do this not by bringing me answers and intricate theories, but by bringing me creative ways of responding to life with light in my heart.” WayHumansHeartSoulLightAsksAnswersInspiringCreativeMysteryTheoryMy HeartComfortAngelGuidesMy SoulRespondingIntricateGuide Me Author:Terry Taylor
“We have close to us as much as Joseph had at Nazareth; we have our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, but our poor eyes fail to see Him. Let us once become interior souls and we shall immediately see. In no better way can we enter into the Heart of our Lord than through Saint Joseph. Jesus and Mary are eager to pay the debts which they owe him for his devoted care of them, and their greatest pleasure is to fulfill his least desire. Let him, then, lead you by hand into the interior sanctuary of Jesus Eucharistic.” WayHeartSoulHandsEyeCareDesireJesusPleasurePoorPayLordFailingBlessedSaintDebtMaryDevotedSacramentsInteriorsOur LordBetter WaysSanctuaryBlessed SacramentGreatest PleasuresEucharisticNazareth Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“In the same way that a powerful medicine cures an illness, so illness itself is a medicine to cure passion. And there is much profit of soul in bearing illness quietly and giving thanks to God.” WayGivingSoulSufferingPassionPowerfulMedicineSaintProfitIllnessCuresThanks Author:Syncletica of Alexandria
“He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave to it is a stranger to the ways of the Saviour, for as the Saviour enjoined us: 'Learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart: and you will find rest for your souls' (Mt. 11:29). Now if a man abstains from food and drink, but becomes incensed to wrath because of evil thoughts, he is like a ship sailing the open sea with a demon for a pilot.” IfsMenWayHeartSoulChristianEvilSeaDrinkSlaveHumbleStrangerShipsYour SoulGentleDemonOrthodoxPilotsMasterySailingWrathSaviourFood And DrinkEvil Thoughts Author:Evagrius Ponticus
“You can't take it with you! Whatever you have there you will have already sent ahead in the way of souls won, victories won, battles won and rewards won for your service here!” WaySoulVictoryBattleRewardsHeavenly Author:David Berg
“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