Quotes from Companions of My Solitude — Arthur Helps
1813–1875 England
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Self-indulgence takes many forms; and we should bear in mind that there may be a sullen sensuality as well as a gay one.
Companions of My Solitude (1851)
It has always appeared to me that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss—a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.
Companions of My Solitude (1851)
Love, like the opening of the heavens to the Saints, shows for a moment, even to the dullest man, the possibilities of the human race. He has faith, hope, and charity for another being, perhaps but a creation of his imagination: still it is a great advance for a man to be profoundly loving even in his imagination.
Companions of My Solitude (1851)