Quotes 4405
So the first point to make about care of the soul is that it is not primarily a method of problem solving. Its goal is not to make life problem free but to give ordinary life the depth and value that come with soulfulness. In a way it is much more of a challenge than pyschotherapy because it has to do with cultivating a richly expressive and meaningful life at home and in society. - Thomas Moore
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Soul is the font of who we are, and yet it is far beyond our capacity to devise and control. We can cultivate, tend, enjoy, and participate in the things of the soul, but we cant outwit it, or manage it, or shape it. - Thomas Moore
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As you read this book, it might be a good idea to abandon any ideas you may have about living successfully and properly, and about understanding yourself. The human soul is not meant to be understood. - Thomas Moore
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Therapy sometimes emphasizes change so strongly that people often neglect their own natures and are tantalized by images of some ideal normality and health that may always be out of reach. - Thomas Moore
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But I dont try to eradicate problems, I try not to imagine my role to be that of exterminator. Rather I try to give what is problematical back to the person in a way that shows its necessity, even its value. - Thomas Moore
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We know [that] soul is being cared for when our pleasures feel deeper than usual, when we can let go of the need to be free of complexity and confusion, and when compassion takes the place of distrust and fear. Soul is interested in the differences among cultures and individuals, and within ourself it wants to be expressed in uniqueness if not in outright eccentricity. Therefore, when in the midst of my confusion and my stumbling attempts to live a transparent life, I am the fool, and not everyone around me, then I know I am discovering the power of soul to make a life interesting.
- Thomas Moore
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Observance of the soul can be deceptively simple. You take back what has been disowned. You work with what is, rather than what you wish were there.
- Thomas Moore
So the first point to make about care of the soul is that it is not primarily a method of problem solving. Its goal is not to make life problem free but to give ordinary life the depth and value that come with soulfulness. In a way it is much more of a challenge than pyschotherapy because it has to do with cultivating a richly expressive and meaningful life at home and in society. - Thomas Moore
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Soul is the font of who we are, and yet it is far beyond our capacity to devise and control. We can cultivate, tend, enjoy, and participate in the things of the soul, but we cant outwit it, or manage it, or shape it. - Thomas Moore
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As you read this book, it might be a good idea to abandon any ideas you may have about living successfully and properly, and about understanding yourself. The human soul is not meant to be understood. - Thomas Moore
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Therapy sometimes emphasizes change so strongly that people often neglect their own natures and are tantalized by images of some ideal normality and health that may always be out of reach. - Thomas Moore
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But I dont try to eradicate problems, I try not to imagine my role to be that of exterminator. Rather I try to give what is problematical back to the person in a way that shows its necessity, even its value. - Thomas Moore
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We know [that] soul is being cared for when our pleasures feel deeper than usual, when we can let go of the need to be free of complexity and confusion, and when compassion takes the place of distrust and fear. Soul is interested in the differences among cultures and individuals, and within ourself it wants to be expressed in uniqueness if not in outright eccentricity. Therefore, when in the midst of my confusion and my stumbling attempts to live a transparent life, I am the fool, and not everyone around me, then I know I am discovering the power of soul to make a life interesting.
- Thomas Moore
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Observance of the soul can be deceptively simple. You take back what has been disowned. You work with what is, rather than what you wish were there.
- Thomas Moore