The Universal Soul, as it is called, has an interest in the stacking of hay, the foddering of cattle, and the draining of peat-meadows.
The only secret people keep is immortality.
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.
To travel far, there is no better ship than a book.
We turn not older with years but newer every day.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
In elaborating how "philosophy by showing" works, and in defending the idea that literature and music can contribute to philosophical "showing", I am also doing something more standardly philosophical. But I view most of the book as an interweaving of philosophy and literary criticism. If that entails a broadening of a standard idea of philosophy, it's a broadening I'd like to see happen.
The faith I have when I am in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament is so strong that I find it impossible to express what I feel. . . When the time comes to leave I must force myself to overcome the inclination to prolong my stay with Jesus.
I happen to be pro-life.
I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ