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Soul Quotes by Maximus the Confessor
- Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual knowledge in the…
- Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for this, as we…
- Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered by the grace…
- He who through virtue and spiritual knowledge has brought his body into harmony with his soul has become a harp, a flute and a temple…
- We must not only put bodily passions to death but also destroy the soul's impassioned thoughts. Hence the Psalmist says, 'Early in the morning I…
- The man who has struggled bravely with the passions of the body, has fought ably against unclean spirits, and has expelled from his soul the…
- When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it, providing it with…
- Just as the teaching of the Law and the prophets, being harbingers of the coming advent of the Logos in the flesh, guide our souls…
- The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not…
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- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on… — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt