“Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.”
“The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body.”
“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”
“... the human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality.”
“Loyalty... A will, a decision, a resolution of the soul.”
“She wondered how trees became petrified, if the same process worked with a human heart.”