Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.”
George Eliot (1819–1880) English novelist, journalist and translator
As quoted in The New Dictionary of Thoughts : A Cyclopedia of Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1960) compiled by Tryon Edwards, C. N. Catrevas, Jonathan Edwards, and Ralph Emerson Browns.
“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.”
Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) American teacher and writer
LXXX. TEACHER
Orphic Sayings
Context: The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. A noble artist, he has visions of excellence and revelations of beauty, which he has neither impersonated in character, nor embodied in words. His life and teachings are but studies for yet nobler ideals.
Karl Popper (1902–1994) Austrian-British philosopher of science
On Freedom (1958)
Context: Although I consider our political world to be the best of which we have any historical knowledge, we should beware of attributing this fact to democracy or to freedom. Freedom is not a supplier who delivers goods to our door. Democracy does not ensure that anything is accomplished — certainly not an economic miracle. It is wrong and dangerous to extol freedom by telling people that they will certainly be all right once they are free. How someone fares in life is largely a matter of luck or grace, and to a comparatively small degree perhaps also of competence, diligence, and other virtues. The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.
Jayalalithaa (1948–2016) Indian politician and actress
Source: In an interview to Saavy magazine. The Life And Times Of Jayalalitha Ajith Pillai, A.S. Panneerselvan http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?205450, 04 May 1998.
George C. Homans (1910–1989) American sociologist
Source: "Social Behavior as Exchange," 1958, p. 606
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Quando alla simpatia si aggiunge la bellezza dell'anima e del corpo, insieme danno vita ad una persona di infinito valore.
Source: prevale.net
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) Russian painter
V. The psychological working of Colour: Quoted in: Hajo Düchting (2000) Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944: A Revolution in Painting. p. 17
Alternative translation:
Colour is a means of exerting direct influence on the soul. Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hands which plays touching one key or another purposively to cause vibrations in the Soul; in: Anna Moszynska, Abstract Art, Thames and Hudson, 1990
Source: 1910 - 1915, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 1911
“Our souls are knit. We are one person, James.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince
Source: Clockwork Prince
“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.”
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) Russian painter
Source: Concerning the Spiritual in Art
