François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Il est difficile de définir l'amour. Dans l'âme c'est une passion de régner, dans les esprits c'est une sympathie, et dans le corps ce n'est qu'une envie cachée et délicate de posséder ce que l'on aime après beaucoup de mystères.
Maxim 68.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Usama ibn Munqidh (1095–1188) poet
The Book of the Staff, translated by Paul M. Cobb (Penguin: 2008), p. 245
William Sharp (writer) (1855–1905) Scottish writer
Desire, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul.”
John Flavel (1627–1691) English Presbyterian clergyman
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 559.
Paul Valéry (1871–1945) French poet, essayist, and philosopher
Phaedrus, p. 47
L'Âme et la danse (1921)
“The soul completely dominated by its desire for spiritual instruction is never sated.”
Gregory Palamas (1296–1359) Monk and archbishop
The Philokalia Vol. 4, Faber and Faber.
Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968) Brazilian writer
Se queres sentir a felicidade de amar, esquece a tua alma.
A alma é que estraga o amor.
Só em Deus ela pode encontrar satisfação.
Não noutra alma.
Só em Deus - ou fora do mundo.
As almas são incomunicáveis.
Deixa o teu corpo entender — se com outro corpo.
Porque os corpos se entendem, mas as almas não.
Arte de amar (The Art of Loving)
Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj (1922–2013) spiritual leader
Saraswati, S. 2001. The true history and the relfigion of India: a concise encyclopedia of authentic hinduism. Motilal Banarsidass.
