I would that light came to my eyes only though your eyes just as my thought is born of your thought.

I should not then fear to offend you, for I should give you back the echoes of your soul, the words of your heart, day by day,--as we render to God the meditations with which his spirit nourishes our minds.

I would be thine alone." "Minna, a constant desire is that which shapes our future.

Hope on! But if you would be pure in heart mingle the idea of the All-Powerful with your affections here below; then you will love all creatures, and your heart will rise to heights indeed." "I will do all you tell me," she answered, lifting her eyes to his with a timid movement.
"I cannot be your companion," said Seraphitus sadly.
He seemed to repress some thoughts, then stretched his arms towards Christiana, just visible like a speck on the horizon and said:-- "Look!" "We are very small," she said.
"Yes, but we become great through feeling and through intellect," answered Seraphitus.

"With us, and us alone, Minna, begins the knowledge of things; the little that we learn of the laws of the visible world enables us to apprehend the immensity of the worlds invisible.