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The disappointed man turns his thoughts toward a state of existence where his wiser desires may be fixed with the certainty of faith; the successful man feels that the objects which he has ardently pursued fail to satisfy the cravings of an immortal spirit; the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness, that he may save his soul alive.
Character | Existence | Faith | Man | Soul | Spirit | Wickedness |
Yukteswar, fully Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, born Priyanath Karar NULL
Wrath springs from thwarted desires. I do not expect anything from others, so their actions cannot be in opposition to wishes of mind.
Character | Mind | Opposition | Wishes |
Saint Augustine, aka Augustine of Hippo, St. Austin, Bishop of Hippo NULL
Purity of soul cannot be lost without consent.
Saint Augustine, aka Augustine of Hippo, St. Austin, Bishop of Hippo NULL
Every disorder of the soul is its own punishment.
Punishment | Soul | Wisdom |
Walt Whitman, fully Walter "Walt" Whitman
Grand is the seen, the light, to me - grand are the sky and stars, grand is the earth, and grand are lasting time and space, but grander far the unseen soul of me, comprehending, endowing all those, lighting the slight, the sky and stars, delving the earth, sailing the sea, (what were all those, indeed, without thee, unseen soul? of what amount without thee?) More evolutionary, vast, puzzling, O my soul! More multiform far - more lasting thou than they.
Walt Whitman, fully Walter "Walt" Whitman
The soul is of itself, all verges to it, all has reference to what ensures, all that a person does, says, thinks, is of consequence, not a move can a man or woman make, that affects him or her in a day, month, any part of the direct lifetime, or the hour of death, but the same affects him or her onward afterward through the indirect lifetime. The indirect is just as much as the direct, the spirit receives from the body just as much as it gives to the body, if not more.
Body | Character | Day | Death | Man | Soul | Spirit | Woman |
There seem to be some persons, the favorites of fortune and darlings of nature, who are born cheerful. “A star danced” at their birth. It is no superficial visibility, but a bountiful and beneficent soul that sparkles in their eyes and smiles on their lips. Their inborn geniality amounts to genius, the rare and difficult genius which creates sweet and wholesome character, and radiates cheer.
Birth | Character | Fortune | Geniality | Genius | Nature | Soul |
Strange and hard that paradox true I give, objects gross and the unseen soul are one.