Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, there's still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit.
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.
Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it.
The soul preserves beauty.
To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.
The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it.
Beautiful sights arouse feelings of love, and contrary sights bring feelings of disgrace and hate. And the emotions of the soul and spirit bring something additional to the body itself, which exists under the control of the soul and the direction of the spirit.
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
Life is all about the spirit.
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