“The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces”
Anatole France
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.”
William Somerset Maugham
“I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream”
Heywood C. Broun
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.”
Rebecca West
“Be not the slave of your own past ... plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old.”
“With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall.”