Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.
THOMAS MORETo love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
More Thomas More Quotes
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.
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Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.
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The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
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By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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It’s wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else’s enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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