“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.
Source: To the Most Reverend Nun Xenia (c. 1344), p. 295
“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.
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.
Clive Staples Lewis book The Great Divorce
Source: The Great Divorce (1944–1945), Ch. 9, p. 72; part of this has also been rendered in a variant form, and quoted as:
Context: 'But what of the poor Ghosts who never get into the omnibus at all?'
'Everyone who wishes it does. Never fear. There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened.'
“Radio, a job for those who have deep passion in the soul and desire to share emotions.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) La radio, un lavoro per chi ha profonda passione nell'anima e voglia di condividere emozioni.
Source: prevale.net
H.P. Lovecraft book The Street
"The Street" - first published in The Wolverine, No. 8 (December 1920)
Fiction
Plotinus (203–270) Neoplatonist philosopher
First Ennead, Book VIII, as translated by Thomas Taylor, The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries: A Dissertation (1891) pp. 38-39.
The First Ennead (c. 250)
“Let the person who wins be him who says what is most desirable for the city.”
Dionysalexandros (i.e. Dionysus in the part of Paris)