Soul

"The inscription of the church of Delphi to the carnal man: word, word, word. The spiritual man is amazed that even in that ancient world there was a thinking mind that knew that man did not know himself. Does he who has never seen the sea know the feeling that moves him when he first sees it? Can he who has not yet been struck by great fortune, who has not yet been struck by great adversity, by great terror, imagine what feelings all this stirs up from the depths of the soul? He who has not yet escaped from peril; does he know how much he loves his life? He who has not yet buried mother, father, brother, child, knows the link that binds their souls? Do we not stand dumbfounded at the inward flicker of our anger or love, and ask: - Well, is this what I am? The soul of man is a folded flame of fire. We only know some of its rays ourselves. Just enough to illuminate the progress of our life on earth."