Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact

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Our souls possess the unknown power of extending as well as contracting space

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The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far the most painful tragedies: but it is precisely for this reason that they honor life, because it brings against them its most formidable weapons

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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs

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The lack of wealth is easily repaired; but the poverty of the soul is irreparable

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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul

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The gods approve
The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.

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But shapes that come not at an earthly call
Will not depart when mortal voices bid.

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And the most difficult of tasks to keep
Heights which the soul is competent to gain.

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Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee!
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Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart:
So didst thou travel on life's common way
In cheerful godliness.

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