A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul. Thomas Moore More Quotes by Thomas Moore More Quotes From Thomas Moore Usually, the main problem with life conundrums is that we don't bring to them enough imagination Thomas Moore problemimaginationenough And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. Thomas Moore natureflowerheart It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal value: downtime for reflection, conversation, and reverie; beauty that is captivating and pleasuring; relatedness to the environs and to people; and any animal’s rhythm of rest and activity. Thomas Moore reflectionanimallife A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon. Thomas Moore retiringvanitywife All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest. Thomas Moore losinglostsweet The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening our own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination is illusion. Thomas Moore keysrealthinking Socrates and Jesus, two teachers of virtue and love, were executed because of the unsettling, threatening power of their souls, which was revealed in their personal lives and in their words. Thomas Moore teachertwojesus Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. Thomas Moore waveslaveflags The devil...the prowde spirite...cannot endure to be mocked. Thomas Moore enduredevilpride Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print. Thomas Moore devilangelwriting It is not while beauty And youth are thine own And thy cheeks Unprofaned by a tear That the ferver and faith Of a soul can be known To which time will but Make thee more dear No the heart that has truly loved Never forgets But as truly loves On to the close As the sunflower turns On her god when he sets The same look which She'd turned when he rose. Thomas Moore soulroseheart Come o'er the sea, Maiden with me, Mine through the sunshine, storms and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes. Thomas Moore sunshineseasnow I thought that the light-house looked lovely as hope, That star on life's tremulous ocean. Thomas Moore oceanstarslight It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury. Thomas Moore luxurytears The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it's the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body. Thomas Moore ambitiontryinggiving I have plenty of machinery around me; what I really need is a more enchanting world in which to live and work. Thomas Moore enchantingworldneeds Like ships that have gone down at sea, when heaven was all tranquillity. Thomas Moore goneseaheaven Good Demeter mothering keeps a child in the heat and passion of life which immortalize and establish soulfulness. Mothering involves not only physical survival and achievement—Demeter's grain and fruit—it is also concerned with guiding a child to his or her unknown depths and the mystery of fate. Thomas Moore fatepassionchildren Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still. Thomas Moore bondagewisdomwise Though the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see, Yet wherever thou art shall seem Erin to me; In exile thy bosom shall still be my home, And thine eyes make my climate wherever we roam. Thomas Moore eyehomeart
