What if we always read as prayer, every book a scripture, whether science, fiction, theology. Our minds might release some of their authority and influence, allowing our heart, or some other place of reflection, to be nourished.

p. 51, Thomas Moore, Meditations

For what winter binds, spring releases, summer heats, autumn ripens; and the seasons in turn bring forth their own fruits or help the others to bring forth theirs.

Boethius, p. 62, Thomas Moore, education of the Heart

Faith is… …an incredible vision.
It is make-believe. Questions of truth and falsity remain irrelevant. Belief and disbelief are transcended in authentic faith.
Faith is make-believe. It is playing as if it were true.
David Miller, Gods and Games, p. 56, Thomas Moore, education of the Heart

You could never arrive at the limits of the soul, no matter how many roads you traveled, so deep is it’s mystery.

… the soul animates the body, just as the soul is animated by the spirit,…

Book of Life, Marsilio Ficino
p. 14, Education of the Heart, Thomas Moore

In the Spirit, we try to transcend our humanity,
in the soul we try to enter our humanity
fully and realize it completely.

p. 12, Thomas Moore, Education of the Heart