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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
Today the journey is ended,
I have worked out the mandates of fate;
Naked, along, undefended,
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Today the journey is ended,
I have worked out the mandates of fate;
Naked, along, undefended,
I knock at the Uttermost Gate.
Behind is life and its longing,
Its trial, its trouble, its sorrow,
Beyond is the Infinite Morning
Of a day without a tomorrow.
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.
In your patience possess ye your souls.
In your patience possess ye your souls.
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark
its intentions.
[Lat., Imago animi vultus read more
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark
its intentions.
[Lat., Imago animi vultus est, indices oculi.]
The soul of man is larger than the sky,
Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark
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The soul of man is larger than the sky,
Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark
Of the unfathomed centre.
A man with a soul is not like every other man.
A man with a soul is not like every other man.
What can you ever really know of other people's souls - of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul read more
What can you ever really know of other people's souls - of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole creation you do know: and it is the only one whose fate is placed in your hands
From the looks--not the lips, is the soul reflected.
From the looks--not the lips, is the soul reflected.