Personal, inner change without a change in circumstances and structures is an idealist illusion, as though man were only a soul and not a body as well. (Jürgen Moltmann)

Personal, inner change without a change in circumstances and structures is an idealist illusion, as though man were only a soul and not a body as well.

Jürgen Moltmann

Related topics

body change idealist illusion inner man personal soul well circumstances

Related quotes

LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. View quote
Viktor Frankl
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven. View quote
Ephrem the Syrian
A change in external circumstances without inner renewal is a materialist's illusion, as though man were only a product of his social circumstance and nothing else. View quote
Jürgen Moltmann
Body and spirit I surrendered whole To harsh instructors-and received a soul... If mortal man could change me through and through From all I was-What may the God not do? View quote
Rudyard Kipling