Inspirational Quotations | Page 4

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

The spirit is the life of the body seen from within, and the body the outward manifestation of the life of the spirit-the two being really one.

No one should deny the danger of the descent, but it can be risked. No one need risk it, but it is certain that someone will. And let those who go down the sunset way do so with open eyes, for it is a sacrifice which daunts even the gods. Yet every descent is followed by an ascent.

The capacity for inner dialogue is a touchstone for outer objectivity.

In such doubtful matters, where you have to work as a pioneer, you must be able to put some trust in your intuition and follow your feeling even at the risk of going wrong.

The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one's whole being. Nothing less will do; there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises.

My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.