248 Quotes by Thomas Moore

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.

The basic intention in any caring, physical or psychological, is to alleviate suffering. But in relation to the symptom itself, observance means first of all listening and looking carefully at what is being revealed in the suffering. An intent to heal can get in the way of seeing.

The past, the future: – two eternities!

Each that we lose takes part of us; A crescent still abides, Which like the moon, some turbid night, Is summoned by the tides.7.

We care for the soul by acknowledging the place of eternal childhood, seeing its disadvantages to be virtuous and its inadequacies to be the conduits of soulful sensitivity.

Often care of the soul means not taking sides when there is a conflict at a deep level. It may be necessary to stretch the heart wide enough to embrace contradiction and paradox.

Spirituality is seeded, germinates, sprouts and blossoms in the mundane. It is to be found and nurtured in the smallest of daily activities.

The basic contribution one can make to one’s community is not to add to the general unconsciousness of the time.

The moon looks upon many night- flowers, the night flower sees but one moon.