Quotes about "Love & Romance"

No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good. ”

We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern. ”

Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one's emotions, and of failure to repress the soul's frivolity by a stern use of reason. ”

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. ”

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe. ”

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. ”

He that is jealous is not in love. ”

The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? ”

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. ”

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart. ”