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And how delightful other people's emotions were!-much more delightful than their ideas, it seemed to him. One's own soul, and the passions of one's fr...more

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Art, even the art of fullest scope and widest vision, can never really show us the external world. All that it shows us is our own soul, the one world...more

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So with curious eyes and sick surmiseWe watched him day by day,And wondered if each one of usWould end the self-same way,For none can tell to what red...more

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I drink to separate my body from my soul.

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And after the second year was over, the Soul said to the young Fisherman at night-time, and as he sat in the wattled house alone, "Lo! now I have temp...more

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What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.

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To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.

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The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star b...more

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To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It ...more

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Man is complete in himself. When they go into the world, the world will disagree with them. That is inevitable. The world hates Individualism. But tha...more

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Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.

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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly—that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays....more

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There is no such thing as a good influence. Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or bu...more

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Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues ar...more

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From the moment I met you, your personality had the most extraordinary influence over me. I was dominated, soul brain and power.