“A great poet can have the role of spiritual head of a nation.A great ruler is the spiritual head of a nation, and next to him there can be no other spiritual head.”
“it is pure potential. Every ball or skein of yarn holds something inside it, and the great mystery of what that might be can be almost spiritual”
“Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives.”
“The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.”
“Anything boost spiritual potency and greatness like sexual abstention.”
“Bah! You are so not the romantic you led me to believe. For that, I’m going to plague you from the next life. Every time it rains, that’ll be me, trying to knock some spirituality into that thick head of yours.”