248 Quotes by Thomas Moore

To love you was pleasant enough. And, oh! ’tis delicious to hate you!

Care of the soul requires ongoing attention to every aspect of life. Essentially it is a cultivation of ordinary things in such a way that soul is nurtured and fostered. Therapy tends to focus on crises or chronic problems.

Soul is to be found in the vicinity of taboo.

For great and horrible punishments be appointed for thieves, wheras much rather provision should have been made that there were some means they might get their living, so that no man should be driven to this necessity.

Anger is often like an inverted lotus: On the surface lie muddy, not-so-beautiful roots. Under water lie beautiful blossoms. You need to develop an amphibious eye to appreciate the full meaning of such an unusual flower.

The problem in narcissism is not the high ideals and ambitions, it’s the difficulty one encounters when trying to give them body.

Soul’ is not a thing, but a quality or a dimension of experiencing life and ourselves.

Don’t take anything literally but always look deeper. For example, if you drink too much, what is your soul looking for in the alcohol? If you eat too much, what part of your soul is in need of nourishing? Think poetically and never respond on a surface level. 4.

There’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream.