Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.
Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
When the soul is understood and attended to, we can be liberated from hurry, preoccupation, unsatisfied desires, and chronic discontent.
All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.
The soul, who is lifted by a very great and yearning desire for the honor of God and the salvation of souls, begins by exercising herself, for a certain space of time, in the ordinary virtues, remaining in the cell of self-knowledge, in order to know better the goodness of God towards her.