'Come hither, Son,' I heard Death say; 'I did not will a grave Should end thy pilgrimage today, But I, too, am a slave!'
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From one Soul of the Universe are all Souls derived. . .Of these Souls there are many changes, some into a more fortunate estate, and some quite contrary. . .Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine. Once separated from the body, and after the struggle to acquire piety, which consists in knowing God and injuring none, such a soul becomes all intelligence. The impious soul, however, punishes itself by seeking a human body to enter into, for no other body can receive a human soul it cannot enter the body of an animal devoid of reason. Divine law preserves the human soul from such infamy. . .The soul passeth from form to form and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold. Thou puttest off thy bodies as raiment and as vesture dost thou fold them up. Thou art from old, O Soul of Man yea, thou art from everlasting.
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My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
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Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.
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Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.
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As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
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The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he. His time is spent; our pilgrimage must be.
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To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.
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"Come hither, Son," I heard Death say; "I did not will a grave Should end thy pilgrimage today, But I, too, am a slave!"
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