Thomas Moore > Quotes

“Observance is homeopathic in its workings rather than allopathic, in the paradoxical way that it befriends a problem rather than making an enemy of it.”
― Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul and The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life

“If we could understand this fundamental intuition about the soul, that it is given raw, then we might forgive ourselves and oth-ers for not being quick to handle relationships with grace. We might see that many problems are not due to one person's mali-ciousness but to the law that soul stuff is given in unrefined lumps and requires a long process of sorting, shaping, refining, and even transmuting-all operations of the tradition of alchemy. A re-lationship problem may be like the piece of marble Michelangelo confronted with his hammer and chisel: the inner figure waiting to be sculpted out is not easy to perceive and is certainly invisible except to a poetic eye.”
― Thomas Moore, Soul Mates, Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Rel

“All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.”
― Thomas Moore

“Love doesn't demand perfection, but it does ask you to give yourself with less reserve than you'd prefer.”
― Thomas Moore

“Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.”
― Thomas Moore

“It is a beast, this thing that stirs in the core of her being, but it is also the star of her innermost nature. We have to care for this suffering with extreme reverence so that, in our fear and anger at the beast, we do not overlook the star.”
― Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

“I'm trying to articulate myself, so that maybe I can talk about it later, that it's strange how when you meet people you have no idea what impact they're potentially going to have — or not — on your life, on your whole being. The crazy thing is, even afterwards, it's hard to really understand that — especially if it's been reciprocated or just one-sided. As always, my thoughts fall back on you.”
― Thomas Moore, We'll Never Be Fragile Again