The soul of man is larger than the sky,
Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark
Of read more

The soul of man is larger than the sky,
Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark
Of the unfathomed centre.

My father was an eminent button-maker at Birmingham, . . . but I
had a soul above buttons.

My father was an eminent button-maker at Birmingham, . . . but I
had a soul above buttons.

From the looks--not the lips, is the soul reflected.

From the looks--not the lips, is the soul reflected.

And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.

And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is read more

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no read more

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure read more

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

A happy soul, that all the way
To heaven hath a summer's day.

A happy soul, that all the way
To heaven hath a summer's day.

And see all sights from pole to pole
And glance, and nod, and bustle by,
And never read more

And see all sights from pole to pole
And glance, and nod, and bustle by,
And never once possess our soul
Before we die.