“Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.”
Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
El alma de todos sólo es el alma de cada uno.
Voces (1943)
“Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.”
Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
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)
“Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul…”
Marguerite Yourcenar book Memoirs of Hadrian
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
citation needed
Posthumous publications (1950s and later)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
Sādhanā : The Realisation of Life http://www.spiritualbee.com/spiritual-book-by-tagore/ (1916) <br class="br">Context: Compulsion is not indeed the final appeal to man, but joy is. And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky; in the reckless exuberance of spring; in the severe abstinence of grey winter; in the living flesh that animates our bodily frame; in the perfect poise of the human figure, noble and upright; in living; in the exercise of all our powers; in the acquisition of knowledge; in fighting evils; in dying for gains we never can share. Joy is there everywhere; it is superfluous, unnecessary; nay, it very often contradicts the most peremptory behests of necessity. It exists to show that the bonds of law can only be explained by love; they are like body and soul. Joy is the realisation of the truth of oneness, the oneness of our soul with the world and of the world-soul with the supreme lover.
“There is only one true aristocracy… and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls!”
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) American playwright
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 88
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Cada um tem a sua vaidade, e a vaidade de cada um é o seu esquecimento de que há outros com alma igual.