
“No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.”
Sonnet. Versöhnung. A Belief.
Gesammelte Mathematische Werke (1876)
“No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.”
Sonnet. Versöhnung. A Belief.
“The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence.”
La vie habituelle fait l'âme, et l'âme fait la physionomie.
Source: The Vicar of Tours (1832), Ch. II
Quoted by Will Durant in On the Meaning of Life http://books.google.com/books?id=XH5HAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Either+the+soul+is+immortal+and+we+shall+not+die+or+it+perishes+with+the+flesh+and+we+shall+not+know+that+we+are+dead+Live+then+as+if+you+were+eternal%22&pg=PA53#v=onepage (1932)
Context: What shall we know of our death? Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal, and do not believe that your life has changed merely because it seems proved that the Earth is empty. You do not live in the Earth, you live in yourself.
“Chatterton, the marvellous boy,
The sleepless soul that perished in his pride.”
William Wordsworth, "Resolution and Independence" (1802) line 43.
Criticism
Salazar: speeches, notes, reports, theses, articles and interviews, 1909-1955: Anthology - Page 212; of António de Oliveira Salazar - Published by Editorial Vanguarda, 1955 - 361 pages
“A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.”
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra (2012), Uselessness
The Thirteenth Revelation, Chapter 38
Listen to the Lion
Song lyrics, Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)