#spirit

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. ↗

— James Merrill

#astonishing #become #external #five #his

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#either #end #image #life #live

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#darkness #enlightened #even #fall #fallen

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#back #catch #child #come #itself

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#cannot #catch #child #itself #love

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit. ↗

— John Milton

#good #good book #lifeblood #master #precious

Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be for ever and ever. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#beginning #beings #either #ever #soon

Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III. ↗

— Walter F. Mondale

#emotionally #envisage #i #i can #iii

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#good #i #idea #improve #living

Governor Scott Walker didn't know who he was messing with when he picked a fight with the hard-working union folks of Wisconsin. He must have forgotten that Wisconsin is the Badger State. And badgers are scrappy little creatures. We may look cute, warm and fuzzy, but we have a fighting spirit. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#creatures #cute #fight #fighting #folks