Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me… leading wherever I choose. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)
Anne Sophie Swetchine Quote – “The root of sanctity is sanity…”
The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume. Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782 – 1857)
Emanuel Swedenborg Quote – “It is clear that the first step in the new birth is…”
It is clear that the first step in the new birth is a reception of truths by the understanding, and the second is the will to act in accordance with truths, and finally to practice them. No one, however, can be said to be reformed by mere knowledge of truth; for man is able to acquire these and to talk […]
Emanuel Swedenborg Quote – “No one can conquer an enemy without…”
No one can conquer an enemy without coming in site of him. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772)
Henry Suso Quote – “Open up your inward sense…”
Open up your inward sense, and see and hear. Henry Suso (circa 1295 – 1366)
Henry Suso Quote – “What greater pleasure is there…?”
What greater pleasure is there than to find myself the one thing that I ought to be, and the whole thing that I ought to be? Henry Suso (circa 1295 – 1366)
Baruch Spinoza Quote – “If the way which, as I have shown, leads hither seems very difficult…”
If the way which, as I have shown, leads hither seems very difficult, it can nevertheless be found. Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677)
Baruch Spinoza Quote – “So long, therefore, as we are not agitated by passions…”
So long, therefore, as we are not agitated by passions which are contrary to our nature, so long is the power of the soil by which it seeks to understand things not impeded; and so long, therefore, has it the power of forming clear and distinct ideas. Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677)
Baruch Spinoza Quote – “I have earnestly endeavoured not to laugh at human actions…”
I have earnestly endeavoured not to laugh at human actions, nor to lament them, but to understand them. Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677)
Baruch Spinoza Quote – “The only aim of life…”
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only aim of life. Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677)