#spirits

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within Him do all spirits dwell. He is an abyss of individuality, the only infinite plenitude. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#dwell #eternal #eternal life #god #him

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#better #calamities #character #elasticity #escapes

It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison. ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

#authority #bodies #break #country #immoral

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#connections #fire #flames #higher #man

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#break #break up #father #health #his

Man was so created by the Lord as to be able while living in the body to speak with spirits and angels, as in fact was done in the most ancient times; for, being a spirit clothed with a body, he is one with them. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#ancient #ancient times #angels #being #body

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#bad #becomes #darkness #deep #entangled

When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#brain #groove #happy #hit #ideas

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#amazing #blue #day #dream #everything

Even free spirits had to the face the music sometime. ↗

— Kathleen Long

#love