Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
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Walt Whitman
The great majority of us are required to live a constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected by it if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, you grovel before what you dislike and rejoice at what bring...
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Boris Pasternak
So long as the soul of man is encased in one, two, or three body-containers, sealed tightly with the corks of ignorance and desires, he cannot merge with the sea of Spirit.
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Sri Yukteswar Swami
Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.
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Natalie Goldberg
Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.
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Richard Flanagan
More Quotes By Jean Paul
To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.
Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm.
