For of the soule the bodie forme doth take; _x000D_ For the soule is forme, and doth the bodie make.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that the soul shapes and defines the body, emphasizing the connection between one's spiritual essence and physical being.
Edmund Spenser's quote highlights the intimate relationship between the soul and the body, positing that the nature of a person's spirit directly influences their physical form. This reflects a philosophical view that our inner self is not only distinct but also plays a foundational role in our external expressions, suggesting that understanding the soul is essential to understanding oneself holistically.
In practice
In a discussion about spirituality and identity, one might say this quote to illustrate how inner qualities manifest outwardly.
But O the exceeding grace_x000D_ Of highest God, that loves his creatures so,_x000D_ And all his works with mercy doth embrace,_x000D_ That blessed angels, he sends to and fro,_x000D_ To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
The noblest mind the best contentment has
What though the sea with waves continuall Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tyde unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.
No daintie flowre or herbe that growes on grownd, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweete, but there it might be fownd To bud out faire, and throwe her sweete smels al arownd.
I hate the day, because it lendeth light_x000D_ _x000D_ To see all things, but not my love to see.
I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
The strong are strengthened by reverses; the trouble is that the true meaning of events scores next to nothing in the match we play with men. Appearances decide our gains or losses and the points are trumpery. And a mere semblance of defeat may hopelessly checkmate us.
Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a poor man you must act the part with all your powers; and so if your part be a cripple or a magistrate or a plain man. For your business is to act the character that is given you and act it well. The choice of the cast is Another's.
Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.
When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.
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